1. to remove Nazi ideology, influence, or personnel from (a country, institution, or organization)
Usage: historical; political

Examples

• The Allied forces worked to denazify Germany after World War II.
• Educational reforms were implemented to denazify the school system.
• The government attempted to denazify all public institutions.
• It took years to fully denazify the judicial system.
• The process to denazify the media began immediately after liberation.
• Officials were screened to denazify the civil service.