denaturalize
verb
de·nat·u·ral·ize
(ˌ)dē-ˈna-ch(ə-)rə-ˌlīz 
denaturalized; denaturalizing; denaturalizes
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At that time, the attorney general named Eli Rosenbaum to lead the special unit who previously directed the department's Office of Special Investigations, primarily responsible for identifying, denaturalizing, and deporting Nazi war criminals.
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Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
Kumar pointed to a new office created by Trump’s Department of Justice to denaturalize immigrants in the U.S.
—Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 12 June 2020
That detail is worrisome in light of the administration’s push to denaturalize citizens, which includes investigating old records in search of inconsistencies on applications the government could interpret as fraud.
—Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 17 Dec. 2019
Mead, for her part, grew famous for Coming of Age in Samoa, a work that attempted to denaturalize the angst of adolescence.
—Patrick Iber, The New Republic, 14 Aug. 2019
Baljinder Singh became the first person to be denaturalized under Operation Janus, a Homeland Security Department initiative that revokes citizenship of those who circumvented background checks during the naturalization process.
—CBS News, 11 Jan. 2018
Some were German citizens; others fled to Germany before they were denaturalized in the United States.
—Scott Nover, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2017
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Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
Kumar pointed to a new office created by Trump’s Department of Justice to denaturalize immigrants in the U.S.
—Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 12 June 2020
That detail is worrisome in light of the administration’s push to denaturalize citizens, which includes investigating old records in search of inconsistencies on applications the government could interpret as fraud.
—Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 17 Dec. 2019
Mead, for her part, grew famous for Coming of Age in Samoa, a work that attempted to denaturalize the angst of adolescence.
—Patrick Iber, The New Republic, 14 Aug. 2019
Baljinder Singh became the first person to be denaturalized under Operation Janus, a Homeland Security Department initiative that revokes citizenship of those who circumvented background checks during the naturalization process.
—CBS News, 11 Jan. 2018
Some were German citizens; others fled to Germany before they were denaturalized in the United States.
—Scott Nover, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2017
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“Denaturalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/denaturalize. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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