DENATURE
denature
Verb
- To take away a natural characteristic or inherent property of a thing or a person.
- to add something that makes alcohol unsuitable for consumption but leaves the alcohol suitable for other purposes.
- To subject (especially a protein) to conditions altering its original form or state.
- To combine fissionable material with nonfissionable material in order to prevent its use in an atomic weapon.
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