Definition of "denationalize" []

• To deprive of national rights or characteristics. (verb-transitive)
• To transfer (an industry, for example) from governmental to private ownership. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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• "The government possessed a resource of incalculable value; but it was firm public policy to denationalize it as soon as possible."
• "The governing policy of Serbia's rulers has consistently been to denationalize the Albanians of Kosova, or failing that, to oppress, deport or exterminate them."