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as in sanitize
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'Clean,' 'Sanitize,' or 'Disinfect'?
'Clean,' 'Sanitize,' or 'Disinfect'?
Keep it clean.
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“Disinfect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinfect. Accessed 26 Jun. 2022.
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The first known use of disinfect was in 1658
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