DENAZIFY (denazified)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: denazified   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does denazify mean? 

• DENAZIFY (verb)
  The verb DENAZIFY has 1 sense:

1. free from Nazi ideology or detach from Nazi allegiance

  Familiarity information: DENAZIFY used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DENAZIFY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they denazify    ... he / she / it denazifies   
Past simple: denazified   
Past participle: denazified   
-ing form: denazifying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Free from Nazi ideology or detach from Nazi allegiance

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The highest judges were never denazified

Hypernyms (to "denazify" is one way to...):

cleanse (purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Antonym:

nazify (cause or force to adopt Nazism or a Nazi character)

Derivation:

denazification (social process of removing Nazis from official positions and giving up any allegiance to Nazism)