DENATIONALIZE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they denationalize ... he / she / it denationalizes

Past simple: denationalized

Past participle: denationalized

-ing form: denationalizing

Meaning:

Put under private control or ownership

Example:

The steel industry was denationalized

Synonyms:

denationalise; denationalize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "denationalize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "denationalize"):

privatise; privatize (change from governmental to private control or ownership)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

nationalize (put under state control or ownership)

Derivation:

denationalization (changing something from state to private ownership or control)