01 v. t. To divest or deprive of national character or rights.
imp. & p. p.
Denationalized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Denationalizing
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1.
To divest or deprive of national character or rights.“Bonaparte's decree denationalizes, as he calls it, all ships that have touched at a British port.” — Cobbett.“An expatriated, denationalized race.” — G. Eliot.
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2.
to change (something, as an industry or business) from state to private ownership or control; as, the British denationalization of steel.
Syn.
privatize, denationalise.