denationalize, denationalise
(verb) put under private control or ownership; “The steel industry was denationalized”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
denationalize (third-person singular simple present denationalizes, present participle denationalizing, simple past and past participle denationalized)
(transitive) To transfer the control and ownership of an industry from government to private hands; to privatize.
(transitive) To strip of nationhood; to cease to recognise, or allow to exist, as a nation.
Source: Wiktionary
De*na"tion*al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denationalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Denationalizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. dénationaliser.]
Definition: To divest or deprive of national character or rights. Bonaparte's decree denationalizes, as he calls it, all ships that have touched at a British port. Cobbett. An expatriated, denationalized race. G. Eliot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
