disinfect
verb (used with object)
to cleanse (rooms, wounds, clothing, etc.) of infection; destroy disease germs in.
was disinfecting
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past progressiveof disinfect.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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During the first week of Wisconsin’s Covid shutdown in March 2020, Chellsie Memmel was disinfecting the equipment in her parents’ New Berlin gym when she got the urge to try a double layout.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2021
I was disinfecting groceries in my front hallway the first time I listened to Fiona Apple’s Fetch the Bolt Cutters, my favorite album of the year.
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2020
The man at the boat stand was disinfecting a pile of life vests.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2020
Its statement said the hospital had increased its supply and was disinfecting masks daily.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 16, 2020
Two days later, Kate was disinfecting the wound of a sheep that an untrained dog had injured when a note from the Security State Bank was handed her by one of Neifkins’ herders.
From The Fighting Shepherdess by Caroline Lockhart
