The Collaborative International Dictionary
Denationalizing
Denationalize \De*na"tion*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denationalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Denationalizing.] [Cf. F. d['e]nationaliser.]
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To divest or deprive of national character or rights.
Bonaparte's decree denationalizes, as he calls it, all ships that have touched at a British port.
--Cobbett.An expatriated, denationalized race.
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to change (something, as an industry or business) from state to private ownership or control; as, the British denationalization of steel.
Syn: privatize, denationalise.
Wiktionary
denationalizing
vb. (present participle of denationalize English)