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

Derived forms: denaturalized, denaturalizing, denaturalizes

Type of: alter, change, modify

Encyclopedia: Denaturalize