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Synonyms of sanitize in English:

sanitize


See US English definition of sanitize

See UK English definition of sanitize

See Spanish definition of desinfectar

verb

1‘the best way to sanitize a chiller is to let boiling water flow through it’

SYNONYMS
sterilize, disinfect, clean, cleanse, cauterize, purify, fumigate, pasteurize, decontaminate
technical autoclave
rare depollute

2‘sometimes she would depart from her official schedule and visit some village that had not been sanitized in advance’

SYNONYMS
make presentable, make acceptable, make palatable, clean up
purge, expurgate, bowdlerize, censor, redact, emasculate, blue-pencil, water down