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1 | 99% | 9 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 49% | 8 | Render alcohol unfit for drinking | |
3 | 27% | 8 | Never drinking alcohol | |
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We think the answer is "DENATURED" which means:
- adjective satellite
- • Changed in nature or natural quality verb
- • To take away a natural characteristic or inherent property of (a thing or a person).
- • To add something to (alcohol) that makes it unsuitable for consumption but leaves it suitable for other purposes.
- • To alter its original form or state, especially of a protein, by heat, acidity etc.
- • To combine fissionable material with nonfissionable material in order to prevent its use in an atomic weapon. 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).
An example sentence would be:
- • "The denatured alcohol is not suitable for drinking."
- • "The denatured protein lost its original structure and function."
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New York Times23 Nov 1998 | Down 18 | |
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