denature
Example Sentences
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The process generates so much heat that it denatures, or unravels, most of the available protein molecules in the extruded material, rendering it somewhat shapeless.
From Scientific American • Feb. 28, 2023
Pushing it too far denatures it, as Edwards saw in the very rules of the contest.
From Salon • Jul. 11, 2022
Caldwell communes with the forest as he denatures it, conveying the threat to the natural world in partly mangled images.
From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2022
To fix that, some cooks boil them before roasting, which completely denatures the meat.
From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2018
The latter produces an environmental pH of 1.5–3.5 that denatures proteins within food.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
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