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san⋅i⋅tize

  [san-i-tahyz]
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–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

Related forms:
san⋅i⋅ti⋅za⋅tion, noun
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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: san·i·tize
Variant: also British san·i·tise /'san-&-"tIz/
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms:-tized also British -tised; -tiz·ing also British -tis·ing
: to make sanitary (as by cleaning or sterilizing) sanitized, pathogens may be disseminated to subsequent patients —Journal of the American Medical Association> —san·i·ti·za·tion also British san·i·ti·sa·tion /"san-&t-&-'zA-sh&n/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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