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.
Also especially British, san·i·tise.
Origin of sanitize
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Related Words for sanitized
dry, desolate, bare, waste, desert, empty, pasteurized, antiseptic, arid, aseptic, barren, bleak, dead, effete, fallow, fruitless, futile, gaunt, hygienicExamples from the Web for sanitized
Contemporary Examples of sanitized
Between runs, transport trucks not only must be cleaned, they now have to be sanitized.
Death and suffering must have dignity, and it must be sanitized.
Is this ignorant and sanitized speech truly a windfall for feminism?
Don't be fooled by the soft, sanitized, and safe version of Dr. King.
Barbie, naturally, presented a sanitized version of his history.
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