denatured

Meanings

Verb

• add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb
• modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished
• make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes
• simple past and past participle of denature

Adjective Satellite

• changed in nature or natural quality
  • "denatured alcohol"

Adj

• Having been deprived of its nature, having had its nature changed.
• Of alcohol: made undrinkable by adding a toxin or unpalatable substance, but still useful as a fuel or solvent. Traditionally achieved by the addition of methanol (wood alcohol) to ethanol (grain alcohol).

Synonyms

denat., denature, denaturised, denaturized