денацифікувати

Ukrainian

Etymology

From денацифік(а́ція) (denacyfik(ácija)) +‎ -ува́ти (-uváty). Compare Russian денацифици́ровать (denacificírovatʹ), Belarusian дэнацыфікава́ць (denacyfikavácʹ), Polish denazyfikować.

Sense 2 was used by Ukrainians in mockery towards Russian nationalist claims about the latter's invasion of Ukraine as "denazification".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [denɐt͡sefʲikʊˈʋate]

Verb

денацифікува́ти • (denacyfikuvátyimpf or pf

  1. (transitive) to denazify
  2. (neologism, colloquial, slang) to attack Russian soldiers participating in the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

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