denationalize

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Even al-Qaeda commander Anwar al-Awlaki was still a U.S. citizen when he was killed by a U.S. drone in 2011, despite attempts by members of Congress to denationalize him.

From Slate • Feb. 20, 2019

The second innovation is to denationalize the armed force projecting the corporation’s power.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2017

The government acknowledges that it went too far in nationalizing industries in the early 1980s; it pledges to denationalize the automaker Renault and the National Bank of Paris within the next three years.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thatcher promised to denationalize such major government-owned companies as British Airways, Rolls-Royce and British Telecom.

From Time Magazine Archive

It may be that the Continental society ridicules and detests us, as we walk domineering over Europe; but, after all, which of us would denationalize himself? who wouldn't be an Englishman?

From The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh by Thackeray, William Makepeace