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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Denationalize \De*na"tion*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   Denationalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Denationalizing.] [Cf. F.
   d['e]nationaliser.]
   1. To divest or deprive of national character or rights.
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            Bonaparte's decree denationalizes, as he calls it,
            all ships that have touched at a British port.
                                                  --Cobbett.
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            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.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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