variants:
also British anonymise
anonymized; anonymizing
Definition of anonymize
: to remove identifying information from (something, such as computer data) so that the original source cannot be known : to make (something) anonymous There's an incredible amount of data in your travel profile. So they improved security and created a sophisticated way to anonymize data.— Dana Hawkins
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The first known use of anonymize was in 1858
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