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denationalise

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de⋅na⋅tion⋅al⋅ize

  [dee-nash-uh-nl-ahyz]
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–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
1. to remove (an industry or the like) from government ownership or control.
2. to deprive of national status, attachments, or characteristics.
Also, especially British, de⋅na⋅tion⋅al⋅ise.

Origin:
1800–10; de- + nationalize

Related forms:
de⋅na⋅tion⋅al⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
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denationalise

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put under private control or ownership; "The steel industry was denationalized" [syn: denationalize] [ant: nationalise] 
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