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UK
/dˈɛnətʃɐ/
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[ 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
- When most proteins are heated, they denature and lose their effectiveness.
- If you’re really lucky, they’ll fry it in peanut oil, raw, not denatured, which is really healthy and adds great flavor! Junk food in Asia | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.
- When proteins are denatured, they undergo a change in their tertiary structure.
- McFarlane's interest in the metallurgy of mirrors has led her to denature the silvered surfaces behind the glass so that the mirrors become almost entirely opaque, yet hold and reflect light.
- Men belch out at superdramatic volumes (nothing ever sounds natural), and mezzos sound nothing short of ridiculous, their voices denatured by the attempt to imbue the music with highbrow seriousness and high volume.
- Tu n'as aucune idee de combien l'etymologie est interessante quand elle est basee sur la connaissance de tant d'idiomes; on peut tracer la parente les mots d'une maniere etonnante; les changements dans la facon de les ecrire ont pour resultat de les denaturer tellement que nous avons beaucoup de peine a les reconnaitre sans retracer toute leur histoire dans la litterature. Philip Gilbert Hamerton
- I really can't agree with most of the recent copyedits to the article; the language has been systematically denatured, which is a bad thing. Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
- IF LAST YEAR'S CHRISTMAS ROAST wasn't a perfectly succulent specimen, chances are your cooking technique did not denature the meat's collagenous tissue while also avoiding excessive coagulation of the muscle proteins. Science Of The Season
- Too often this "denatured" child of the classroom is the only child the teacher knows. The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale
- Surprisingly, the soft denatured region is most often found in positions where the interwound superhelix forms branches, unlike permanently curved regions, which tend to localize in the apex of the superhelix.