denazify

American  

[dee-nah-tsuh-fahy, -nat-suh-] / diˈnɑ tsəˌfaɪ, -ˈnæt sə- /

verb (used with object)

denazified, denazifying

1. to rid of Nazism or Nazi influences.

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denazify British  

/ diːˈnɑːtsɪˌfaɪ /

verb

1. (tr) to free or declare (people, institutions, etc) freed from Nazi influence or ideology

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Other Word Forms

• denazification
  noun

Etymology

Origin of denazify

First recorded in 1940–45; de- + Nazi + -fy

Example Sentences

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denazify denazified denazifying

In a sweeping move to denazify the Ruhr industries, the Control Council arrested 40 leading officials of the powerful Rhine-Westphalian coal syndicate.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1952, when Wilhelm Furtwangler was denazified and reinstated as conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, Celibidache drifted off to-pursue his lone-wolf existence.

From Time Magazine Archive

Among the most noisome of the "bad Germans" is stocky, pushing Wolfgang He.dl.er, 50, an early Nazi, now a formally denazified member of Bonn's Bundestag.

From Time Magazine Archive

Captain Nowalsky, an American lawyer charged with denazifying Berlin, had also established the only Jewish orphanage in Berlin.

From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2017

St. Peter, St. John and St. Joseph are all due to come before the denazifying Spruchkammer at Garmisch-Partenkirchen within the next few weeks.

From Time Magazine Archive