denatured

Meanings

Adjective

  • Having been deprived of its nature, having had its nature changed.
  • Of alcohol made undrinkable, by adding a toxin or unpalatable substance, but still useful as a fuel or solvent. Traditionally by the addition of methanol (wood alcohol) to ethanol (grain alcohol).

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