denaturise

Verb

denaturise (third-person singular simple present denaturises, present participle denaturising, simple past and past participle denaturised)

1. Take away a natural characteristic
   • Realists hold that the latter process does not disfigure or denaturise reality, since both analysis and synthesis are regulated by the objective evidence of reality itself.1915, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society - Volume 15
   • This inherent capacity for obscuring tensions while purporting to aid in their resolition is traceable to the existing paraphernalia of legal definitions and procedure which while they may be of use, are basically designed to denaturise social and other issues by imposing on them a one-dimensional...1976, Caribbean Quarterly - Volumes 22-23, page 26
2. Adulterate (alcohol) to make unsuitable for human consumption
   • What substances are employed to denaturise alcohol, and what is their effect upon the burning properties of the mixture?1914, Alexander Graham Clark, Text Book on Motor Car Engineering - Volume 1, page 68
   • Owing to absence of a duty on spirits, there would be no need to denaturise it, which would make the alcohol cheaper still.1919, Palestine - Volume 6, page 174
3. Alter the chemical structure
   • Pasteurisation does not denaturise milk to the extent that boiling does.1948, John Ronald Currie, Alexander Gow Mearns, Manual of public health: hygiene, page 245
   • It appears to be a problem because polyvalent proteinase inhibitors, commonly used in clinical practice, have a protein nature and denaturise at high temperature.2008, Gian F. Baronzio, E. Dieter Hager, Hyperthermia In Cancer Treatment: A Primer, →ISBN, page 230
4. Combine fissionable material with nonfissionable material.
   • Unlike the plutonium case one more barrier for potential proliferation of ²³³U can be created by denaturising it by mixing it with the non-fissile isotope ²³⁸U (in practice with depleted uranium) to create 'reactor grade' but not a 'weapon grade' ²³³U/²³⁸U mixture not adherent to chemical...2015, International Atomic Energy Agency, Performance Analysis Review of Thorium TRISO Coated Particles during Manufacture, Irradiation and Accident Condition Heating Tests, →ISBN