Having had natural properties removed or altered; in chemistry, having had molecular structure changed so it no longer functions normally.
Past participle of denature, established as standard scientific terminology by the late 1800s.
Denatured alcohol—alcohol with poisonous additives—killed thousands during Prohibition when desperate people drank it anyway, making it one of history's darkest public health mistakes.
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