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Verb: denaturalise  dee'na-chu-ru,lIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: denaturalize)
  1. Make less natural or unnatural
    "The artificial lighting denaturalised the scene";
    - denaturalize
     
  2. Strip of the rights and duties of citizenship
    "The former Nazi was denaturalised";
    - denaturalize

Derived forms: denaturalised, denaturalising, denaturalises

Type of: alter, change, modify

Antonym: naturalise [Brit]