денацифицировать

Russian

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Etymology

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From денацифика́ция (denacifikácija) +‎ -овать (-ovatʹ).

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.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [dʲɪnət͡sɨfʲɪˈt͡sɨrəvətʲ]

Verb

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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.

Usage notes

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This term is used by the Russian government and its supporters to describe the attack on Ukraine.

Conjugation

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imperfective
perfective

See also

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