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DENATURALIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they denaturalize ... he / she / it denaturalizes
Past simple: denaturalized
Past participle: denaturalized
-ing form: denaturalizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Strip of the rights and duties of citizenship
Example:
The former Nazi was denaturalized
Synonyms:
denaturalise; denaturalize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "denaturalize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Antonym:
naturalize (make into a citizen)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make less natural or unnatural
Synonyms:
denaturalise; denaturalize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "denaturalize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
naturalize (make more natural or lifelike)
