Thesaurus: denaturalize

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1. v. t. To render unnatural; to alienate from nature.
2. v. t. To renounce the natural rights and duties of; to deprive of citizenship; to denationalize.
3. v. make less natural or unnatural
4. v. strip of the rights and duties of citizenship
5. 1. To render unnatural; to alienate from nature. 2. 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.
6. v. make less natural or unnatural v. strip of the rights and duties of citizenship