disinfect
to cleanse (rooms, wounds, clothing, etc.) of infection; destroy disease germs in.
Origin of disinfect
1Other words from disinfect
- dis·in·fec·tion, noun
- dis·in·fec·tive, adjective
- dis·in·fec·tor, noun
- re·dis·in·fect, verb (used with object)
- un·dis·in·fect·ed, adjective
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How to use disinfect in a sentence
The disinfector had also arrived and was soon got into working order.
The Luck of Thirteen | Jan GordonThe portable disinfector is constructed to disinfect two complete suits of clothes or one mattress.
The hands should receive careful attention, as otherwise the disinfector may carry infection to his home.
Openings into chimneys, ventilators, transoms, and the like must not be overlooked by the disinfector.
For in one of the buildings adjoining there seems to be a warehouse of some company that makes an “aromatic disinfector.”
Pipefuls | Christopher Morley
British Dictionary definitions for disinfect
/ (ˌdɪsɪnˈfɛkt) /
(tr) to rid of microorganisms potentially harmful to man, esp by chemical means
Derived forms of disinfect
- disinfection, noun
- disinfector, noun
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