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sanitize

especially British, ··پ

[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

/ ˈæɪˌٲɪ /

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • sanitization noun
  • unsanitized adjective
  • ˌԾپˈپDz noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sanitize1

First recorded in 1830–40; sanit(ary) + -ize
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Nevertheless, he sat for 40 hours of interviews for this properly admiring, though not sanitized, two-part posthumous documentary.

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Between every property, the team sanitized all soil collection equipment with distilled water and wipes, and changed gloves and boot covers — so that no potential toxins could accidentally track from one site to another.

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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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