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denaturalized

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[dee-nach-er-uh-lahyzd] / diˈnætʃ ər əˌlaɪzd /

adjective

  1. deprived of the status and rights of citizenship after being naturalized.

  2. deprived of proper or true nature; made unnatural.


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Influencers and commenters piled on, asking why, if the situation was so dire, no one had been arrested, deported or denaturalized.

From Salon • Dec. 29, 2025

One fact often getting lost in the shuffle is that a naturalized citizen cannot be denaturalized for anything that happens after their naturalization.

From Slate • Jul. 11, 2025

All told, the Justice Department successfully charged and denaturalized 16 former SS members who served at Trawniki.

From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2018

Some were German citizens; others fled to Germany before they were denaturalized in the United States.

From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2017

His habitual studies had given him such a keen relish for Oriental literature, that he was, in a manner, denaturalized from his own.

From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1 by Prescott, William Hickling