denature
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /diːˈneɪtjə(ɹ)/, /diːˈneɪtʃə(ɹ)/
denature (denatures, present participle denaturing; past and past participle denatured)
- (transitive) To take away a natural characteristic or inherent property of (a thing or a person).
- Synonyms: denaturalize
- (transitive) To add something to (alcohol) that makes it unsuitable for consumption but leaves it suitable for other purposes.
- While you cannot drink denatured alcohol, you can still use it to remove sticker glue from most surfaces.
- (transitive, intransitive, biochemistry) To alter its original form or state, especially of a protein, by heat, acidity etc.
- To combine fissionable material with nonfissionable material in order to prevent its use in an atomic weapon.
- Spanish: desnaturalizar
- French: dénaturer
- German: denaturieren
- Spanish: desnaturalizar
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