verb
- Add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb.
- synonyms: denature
- Modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished.
- synonyms: denature
- Make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes.
- synonyms: denature
adjective
- Changed in nature or natural quality.
- usage: "denatured alcohol"
- synonyms: denaturized, denaturised
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