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denature
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denature [dē′nā·chər]
(chemistry)
To change a protein by heating it or treating it with alkali or acid so that the original properties such as solubility are changed as a result of the protein's molecular structure being changed in some way.
To add a denaturant, such as methyl alcohol, to grain alcohol to make the grain alcohol poisonous and unfit for human consumption.


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While their functionality jeopardizes their status as art, the drawings' homemade appearance-their uneven washes of color and sinuously drawn texts-effectively denatures the machine-made look of gallery advertising.
A) Double-stranded DNA denatures at high temperatures.
It can be performed only by means of a reduction which mutilates and denatures the very idea of culture, twisting it in the direction of caricature.
 
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