Denaturalise (Verb)
Meaning 1
Strip of the rights and duties of citizenship; "The former Nazi was denaturalized".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The government has threatened to denaturalise citizens found guilty of treasonous activities against the state.
- Following his involvement in the scandal, the disgraced businessman was denaturalised and extradited to face trial.
- As a result of her fraud conviction, the courts decided to denaturalise the woman and revoke her passport.
- He was denaturalised after it came to light that he had lied about his past to obtain citizenship.
- A convicted war criminal will be denaturalised and stripped of their rights as a citizen after serving their prison sentence.
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Meaning 2
Make less natural or unnatural.
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The process of introducing non-native species to the area would denaturalise the local ecosystem.
- She believed that excessive use of makeup could denaturalise a person's appearance.
- The heavy editing and airbrushing denaturalised the model's image in the magazine.
- Urban development projects often denaturalise the environment by clearing out natural habitats.
- Frequent application of chemical fertilisers and pesticides would eventually denaturalise the fertile soil.