The Collaborative International Dictionary
Denaturalize \De*nat"u*ral*ize\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denaturalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Denaturalizing.] [Cf. F. d['e]naturaliser.]
To render unnatural; to alienate from nature.
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To renounce the natural rights and duties of; to deprive of citizenship; to denationalize. [R.]
They also claimed the privilege, when aggrieved, of denaturalizing themselves, or, in other words, of publicly renouncing their allegiance to their sovereign, and of enlisting under the banners of his enemy.
--Prescott. same as denature.
Wiktionary
alt. 1 To revoke or deny citizenship. 2 To make less natural; to cause to deviate from its nature. vb. 1 To revoke or deny citizenship. 2 To make less natural; to cause to deviate from its nature.
WordNet
v. make less natural or unnatural [syn: denaturalise] [ant: naturalize]
strip of the rights and duties of citizenship; "The former Nazi was denaturalized" [syn: denaturalise] [ant: naturalize]
Usage examples of "denaturalize".
Drugs in all their manifestations of production, commercialization and consumption, denaturalizes us by injuring our ethical, religious and political life, our historic, economic, and republican values.
The strange immobility of his swollen cheeks denaturalized his broad, good face, all the features of which disappeared under the dead, bluish mask.