sanitisation

/ˌsænɪtɪˈzeɪʃən/
noun
  1. The process of making something clean and free from germs, especially by using chemicals or heat.
    • Proper sanitisation of kitchen surfaces prevents food poisoning.
    • Hand sanitisation became a daily habit during the flu season.
    • The hospital follows strict sanitisation procedures for all surgical tools.
  2. The act of removing or hiding parts of information to make it acceptable or less offensive.
    • Some viewers complained about the sanitisation of the movie for television.
    • Historians criticized the sanitisation of the country's colonial past in textbooks.
    • The government's sanitisation of the report left out many troubling details.
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