Denazify (Verb)
Meaning
Free from Nazi ideology or detach from Nazi allegiance; "Germany was denazified after WW II"; "The highest judges were never denazified".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- After World War II, the Allies launched a process to denazify Germany and remove remnants of the Nazi regime.
- The denazify initiative in Austria aimed to strip former Nazi officials of their positions and power.
- The country was denazified, and laws were put in place to punish those who had committed atrocities during the war.
- Efforts to denazify the education system included rewriting textbooks and removing teachers with Nazi ties.
- The denazification program implemented by the United States aimed to remove former Nazi sympathizers from key positions in Japanese government.