DENATURALIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does denaturalize mean? 

• DENATURALIZE (verb)
  The verb DENATURALIZE has 2 senses:

1. make less natural or unnatural

2. strip of the rights and duties of citizenship

  Familiarity information: DENATURALIZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DENATURALIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they denaturalize    ... he / she / it denaturalizes   
Past simple: denaturalized   
Past participle: denaturalized   
-ing form: denaturalizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make less natural or unnatural

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

denaturalise; denaturalize

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Strip of the rights and duties of citizenship

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

denaturalise; denaturalize

Context example:

The former Nazi was denaturalized

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)