denationalized

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denationalized - 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.
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