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sanitization - 3 dictionary results

san⋅i⋅tize

[san-i-tahyz]
–verb (used with object), -tized, -tiz⋅ing.
1. to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.
2. to make less offensive by eliminating anything unwholesome, objectionable, incriminating, etc.: to sanitize a document before releasing it to the press.
Also, especially British, san⋅i⋅tise.


Origin:
1830–40; sanit(ary) + -ize


san⋅i⋅ti⋅za⋅tion, noun
san·i·tize   (sān'ĭ-tīz')   
tr.v.   san·i·tized, san·i·tiz·ing, san·i·tiz·es
  1. To make sanitary, as by cleaning or disinfecting.
  2. To make more acceptable by removing unpleasant or offensive features from: sanitized the language in adapting the novel for television.
san'i·ti·za'tion (-tĭ-zā'shən) n.

sanitization san·i·ti·za·tion (sān'ĭ-tĭ-zā'shən)
n.
The process of making something sanitary, as by cleaning or disinfecting.


san'i·tize' (-tīz') v.

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