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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
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Past simple: denaturalized
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Past participle: denaturalized
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-ing form: denaturalizing
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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)
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