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UK
/dˈɛnətʃɐ/
]
[ US /dɪˈneɪtʃɝ/ ]
[ US /dɪˈneɪtʃɝ/ ]
VERB
- add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb
- make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes
- modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished
How To Use denature In A Sentence
- A number of cars derailed, including one that began leaking denatured alcohol.
- Protein is denatured, forming a viscous coagulum leading to hemostasis.
- Both these changes occur because heat denatures the myoglobin.
- This causes problems for the plant because if a broad band of proteins have been denatured, they can't continue with their normal metabolic cycles.
- However, we must hold firmly to the outlines or our production will be diffuse, denatured, and ineffective, not leaving the indelible residue in the mind that an accumulation of arsenic does.
- It is much more toxic than ethanol, and in fact is often used to "denature" ethanol. Mandolin Cafe News
- In contrast to hemoglobin F, most hemoglobins will denature in alkaline solution and precipitate upon the addition of ammonium sulfate.
- This is music denatured: homogenised, pasteurised, and sterilised.
- A car on one of the trains is also leaking denatured alcohol, which of course, is extremely dangerous.
- This abuse of language mirrors the abuse which we make our existence: we have denatured it in removing from it any trace of the sacred, in our blind observance of the dictums of project and work.
