3syllables
denatured
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Definitions ofdenatured
1verb
- To take away a natural characteristic or inherent property of (a thing or a person).
Synonyms: denaturalize
- To add something to (alcohol) that makes it unsuitable for consumption but leaves it suitable for other purposes.
Example: "While you cannot drink denatured alcohol, you can still use it to remove sticker glue from most surfaces."
- 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.
1adjective
- Having been deprived of its nature, having had its nature changed.
- Of alcohol made undrinkable, by adding a toxin or unpalatable substance, but still useful as a fuel or solvent. Traditionally by the addition of methanol (wood alcohol) to ethanol (grain alcohol).
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