de·na·zi·fy
(ˌ)dē-ˈnät-si-ˌfī 
-ˈnat-
denazified; denazifying
: to rid of Nazism and its influence
de·na·zi·fi·ca·tion
(¦)dēˌnätsə̇fə̇¦kāshən
-nat- sometimes -näzə̇- or -nazə̇-
plural -s
: the process of denazifying or the state of being denazified
Examples of denazify in a Sentence
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Peter Rutland,
Fortune,
25 June 2023
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov drew new attention to those tensions when he was asked in an Italian television interview how Russia could claim to denazify Ukraine when Mr. Zelensky is himself Jewish.
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David S. Cloud,
WSJ,
2 May 2022
Putin initially sought to justify the invasion by saying his troops planned to ‘denazify’ the country, a claim that experts say is part of the Kremlin’s disinformation campaign surrounding the war.
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Washington Post,
27 Mar. 2022
Calling for denazification in Ukraine is like calling for the U.S. to denazify because of the Proud Boys, Grygorenko said.
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Dallas News,
4 Mar. 2022
Captain Nowalsky, an American lawyer charged with denazifying Berlin, had also established the only Jewish orphanage in Berlin.
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Keren Blankfeld,
New York Times,
7 Dec. 2017
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Verb
Prigozhin brushed aside all the ideological claims Putin has made about the war – the need to denazify Ukraine, the threat of NATO expansion – as just cover for self interest.
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Peter Rutland,
Fortune,
25 June 2023
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov drew new attention to those tensions when he was asked in an Italian television interview how Russia could claim to denazify Ukraine when Mr. Zelensky is himself Jewish.
—
David S. Cloud,
WSJ,
2 May 2022
Putin initially sought to justify the invasion by saying his troops planned to ‘denazify’ the country, a claim that experts say is part of the Kremlin’s disinformation campaign surrounding the war.
—
Washington Post,
27 Mar. 2022
Calling for denazification in Ukraine is like calling for the U.S. to denazify because of the Proud Boys, Grygorenko said.
—
Dallas News,
4 Mar. 2022
Captain Nowalsky, an American lawyer charged with denazifying Berlin, had also established the only Jewish orphanage in Berlin.
—
Keren Blankfeld,
New York Times,
7 Dec. 2017
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“Denazify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/denazify. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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