sanitize
verb (used with object)
to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.
sanitizes
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present tense formof sanitize (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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“Using a smartphone application sanitizes things and makes it feel like it’s safe and unbiased,” said Ari Sawyer, a border researcher for Human Rights Watch.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2024
It uses an automated bin return that sanitizes trays with germ-killing ultraviolet light between users.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
Omitting the importation of European diseases sanitizes the sorry historical record.
From Washington Post ● May 20, 2022
Episodes emphasize a brightness and zest to overpower the shades of blue written into Lancashire's character, an approach that also sanitizes the battles women like Bradford's Alice Naman had to fight.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2022
It cleans its contaminated sewage with an anaerobic reactor that sanitizes by biological means.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2021
