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DENATURALIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

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)

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