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sanitizer

[san-i-tahy-zer]

noun

  1. a substance or preparation for killing germs, designed for use especially on food-processing equipment.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sanitizer1

First recorded in 1945–50; sanitize + -er 1
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She takes out the trash, then checks the fluid in the commercial dishwashing machine with a test strip to make sure there’s enough sanitizer.

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Using hand sanitizer, paper and a lighter he set the fire knowing he could die, a prosecutor said in court on Wednesday.

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But I put an unusual amount of hand sanitizer in my bag every day.

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They endured price spikes for items that were suddenly scarce, such as hand sanitizer, computer equipment and bleach.

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He said he doesn’t have time to wash his hands at work but puts on hand sanitizer before going home and takes a shower once he arrives.

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What doessanitizer mean?

Sanitizer is a substance or fluid designed to kill germs on skin and objects.To sanitize means to clean something by removing the dirt or destroying the germs on it. Food service operations use sanitizer to clean their equipment so that food doesn’t become contaminated with bacteria or other stuff that shouldn’t be in it. Sanitizer also refers to household products (especially hand sanitizer) that are used to prevent the spread of disease by killing germs on surfaces and skin.Example: We use industrial-grade sanitizer in the restaurant kitchen to keep our equipment free of germs.

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