денацифицировать

Russian

Etymology

From денацифика́ция (denacifikácija) +‎ -овать (-ovatʹ). Compare Ukrainian денацифікува́ти (denacyfikuváty), Belarusian дэнацыфікава́ць (denacyfikavácʹ), Polish denazyfikować.

For the sense of the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, derived from accusations against the Ukrainian government of being a Nazi government due to the usage of the Azov Battalion into its armed forces, which used fascistic symbols. Later repurposed by Russian-speaking Ukrainians and supporters of Ukraine in mockery towards Russian nationalist rhetoric.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dʲɪnət͡sɨfʲɪˈt͡sɨrəvətʲ]

Verb

денацифици́ровать • (denacificírovatʹimpf or pf

  1. to denazify (remove Nazi or fascistic influences or activities)
  2. (politics, neologism, euphemistic) to attack military structures and personnel in Ukraine.
  3. (neologism, colloquial, slang, Ukraine) to attack Russian soldiers participating in the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Usage notes

This term is used by the Russian government and its supporters to describe the attack on Ukraine. It is also sometimes used back by Russian-speaking Ukrainians to refer to deaths of Russian soldiers attacking their country.

Conjugation

imperfective
perfective

See also