add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb
modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished
make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes
造句
用作動詞(v.)
It is easier to denature plutonium than it is to denature the evil spirit of man. 改變钚元素的性質，比改變人類邪惡的心靈容易。
常用短語
Artistic motives are genuinely present, but denatured by subordination to a non-artistic end.