sanitize
[san-i-tahyz]
verb (used with object), san·i·tized, san·i·tiz·ing.
to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.
to make less offensive by eliminating anything unwholesome, objectionable, incriminating, etc.: to sanitize a document before releasing it to the press.
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Nearby words
- sanitate,
- sanitation,
- sanitation worker,
- sanitationman,
- sanitization,
- sanitizer,
- sanity,
- sanjak,
- sank,
- sanka
Also especially British, san·i·tise.
Origin of sanitize
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Examples from the Web for sanitize
After their poop is collected, it is run under a UV light to sanitize it.
You would try to wash them; you would try to sanitize them in some way.
sanitize
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verb (tr)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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sanitize
1836, from stem of sanitary + -ize. Metaphoric sense is from 1934. Related: Sanitized; sanitizing.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper