to denature
- verb
- /dɪˈneɪtʃər/
- Specialized
- denatured alcohol
Examples
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Clear drinking alcohol or denatured alcohol can both work; an online search will turn up more specific instructions.
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Take a gallon of denatured alcohol, pour it in the powder.
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Note that you can't use just any alcohol; it has to be a denatured alcohol or at least 95% alcohol.
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Our good friend Sootch00 recently made a video on how to make your very own mini-stove that burns on denatured alcohol.
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Stains can be removed by applying denatured alcohol after cleaning your desk surface with mild soap and water.
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Cover 1000 (30 milligram) ground pseudoephedrine pills with 3-4 inches of denatured alcohol or pure grain alcohol, and let sit for at least several hours.
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To clean the surface effectively, use denatured alcohol to remove any grease or grime.
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For best results, denature the alcohol before using it in your craft projects.
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You should always denature the alcohol in your lab before conducting experiments to ensure safety.
Synonyms
To make things like water or soil unsafe by adding harmful substances
To make something poisonous by adding harmful things
How Undrinkable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word denature comes from the parts de- 'remove' and nature 'natural quality', so it means to take away a thing's natural use. That is why to denature alcohol is to remove its 'drink' nature so it is not fit to drink but can still be used for cleaning.