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   sanitize

   /ˈsanɪtʌɪz/

   verb

   • 1. make clean and hygienic; disinfect: "new chemicals for sanitizing a pool" Similar sterilizedisinfectcleancleansecauterizepurifyfumigatepasteurizedecontaminatetechnical:autoclaverare:depollute
   • ▪ make (something) more palatable by removing elements that are likely to be unacceptable or controversial: "the narrative glorifies and sanitizes the reality of war" Similar make presentablemake acceptablemake palatableclean uppurgeexpurgatebowdlerizecensorredactemasculateblue-pencilwater down

   Derivatives

   • 1. sanitization noun

   Scrabble Points: 17

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