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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 de·nat·u·ral·ize /(ˌ)diˈnæʧ(ə)rəˌlaɪz/
 (vt.)使不自然,使改變本性,使變質,撤消歸化權

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 De·nat·u·ral·ize v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denaturalized p. pr. & vb. n. Denaturalizing.]
 1. To render unnatural; to alienate from nature.
 2. To renounce the natural rights and duties of; to deprive of citizenship; to denationalize. [R.]
    They also claimed the privilege, when aggrieved, of denaturalizing themselves, or, in other words, of publicly renouncing their allegiance to their sovereign, and of enlisting under the banners of his enemy.   --Prescott.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 denaturalize
      v 1: make less natural or unnatural [syn: denaturalise] [ant: naturalize]
      2: strip of the rights and duties of citizenship; "The former
         Nazi was denaturalized" [syn: denaturalise] [ant: naturalize]