Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disinfected
Verb
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Officials have decontaminated the facility’s inmate housing as a precaution and medical staff are monitoring prisoners and staff, The Mercury News reported.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026 -
All first responders and equipment involved in the operation had to be decontaminated, officials said.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
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She was hooked up to a hemodialysis machine where her blood flowed out of her body to be purified and was then transferred back into her body where it was reabsorbed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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There it is filtered and purified before being fed into the Reflecting Pool.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
31 May 2026
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At various points during his interview with Sobchak, Dugin called the sport of surfing evil and said that its practitioners should be purged.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2026
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Burgum purged the department of roughly 13,000 staffers last year and announced efforts to reduce its workforce by even more in April.—
Joseph Konig,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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It was also scrubbed from the list of locations on the restaurant’s website.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Charlotte Observer,
9 June 2026
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The Saturday launch attempt scrubbed under a minute before liftoff because of bad weather in the booster recovery area.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 June 2026
Verb
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The shame of opening the door to them in my filthy pajamas, of letting them into an apartment that had not been cleaned or aired for days.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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The contractor cleaned the dormitories weekly rather than daily as required, resulting in unsanitary conditions.—
Michael Biesecker,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
Verb
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It’s made of all-weather plastic that can be rinsed to clean and won’t fade in the sun.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
4 June 2026
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Removable parts such as the grates can be rinsed with warm water.—
Maria Sabella,
The Spruce,
4 June 2026
Verb
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The forecast comes a week after a hail storm swept through the Denver area, delaying hundreds of flights at Denver International Airport.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
8 June 2026
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While Mercedes won two races last year, Kimi Antonelli and George Russell have swept the first six races of the 2026 F1 season.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
8 June 2026
Verb
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The city has recently used herbicide to control aquatic vegetation, plus has vacuumed sediment near the intake for the Phillips Park Golf Course’s irrigation system, the report said.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2026
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It’s also recommended that it be vacuumed without a beater bar.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
8 May 2026
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“Disinfected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinfected. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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