sanitise
/ˈsænɪtaɪz/
verb
- To make something clean and free from germs, especially by using chemicals or heat.
- The restaurant staff sanitise all tables between customers.
- Please sanitise your hands before entering the patient's room.
- You should sanitise your phone screen regularly to remove bacteria.
- To remove or change parts of information to make it less offensive or more acceptable.
- Some companies sanitise their history to hide past scandals.
- The textbook was sanitised to avoid controversial topics.
- The editor decided to sanitise the article by removing graphic descriptions.
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