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sanitize

[ san-i-tahyz ]

verb (used with object)

sanitized, sanitizing.
  1. to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.
  2. to make less offensive by eliminating anything unwholesome, objectionable, incriminating, etc.:

    to sanitize a document before releasing it to the press.



sanitize

/ ˈ²õæ²Ôɪˌ³Ù²¹Éª³ú /

verb

  1. to make sanitary or hygienic, as by sterilizing
  2. to omit unpleasant details from (a news report, document, etc) to make it more palatable to the recipients
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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ²õ²¹²Ô¾±³Ù¾±Ëˆ³ú²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ²¹²Ôi·³Ù¾±Â·³ú²¹î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·²õ²¹²Ôi·³Ù¾±³ú±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sanitize1

First recorded in 1830–40; sanit(ary) + -ize
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“If you get any sugar onto your glove, now, your glove is completely stuck to you. I would wash and sanitize my hands, but definitely don't put on gloves,†Vu explained.

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Warming to the theme, the magazine summed it up as "one hell of an artistically neutered, sanitized boondoggle".

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In a pretrial hearing, Brown called the motion a calculated attempt by the government to “sanitize†its case.

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Pop music is as sanitized as it has been since the turn of the millennium.

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Still, parents who took part in a walk-through reported finding areas that they believed were inadequately sanitized.

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