disinfected

past tense of disinfect

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for disinfected
Verb
  • Afterward, the animals were decontaminated and bathed, and those who experienced the most inhalation are being supervised at a veterinary clinic, Halverson said.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • These stem cells are purified in a lab, and then modified using an inactivated form of the virus that causes HIV.
    Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Less pure sand can be purified by methods such as acid washing or magnetic separation.
    Aki Ishida, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Miao is one of the highest-ranking CMC officials to be purged since the 1960s and is particularly significant since he was personally elevated to the CMC by Xi.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
  • But that won’t be the only item on the agenda, and the conclave may also include a personnel reshuffle if new officials are appointed to key roles vacated by those purged.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Former school principals scrubbed toilets; physicists became cashiers.
    Julia Ioffe, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The word has since been scrubbed from the performance on Peacock and YouTube.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Floors would get a quick sweep with areas that required heavier foot traffic being more thoroughly cleaned and perhaps even mopped daily.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Johnston explains that wool rugs should only be cleaned with a cold water process, which protects the fibers from damage or distortion.
    Jennifer Beck Goldblatt, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • When the wafer is rinsed, these clumps redeposit onto the surface, causing the defects.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Some filters can be rinsed under running water.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • On the opposite coast, Hurricane Melissa swept through Montego Bay, in Jamaica’s north.
    Avery Schmitz, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Around 2016, Gilligan imagined a basis for a story in which peace and solidarity suddenly swept the globe.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • It can be sprinkled on infested carpet to quickly exterminate any present carpet beetles, then vacuumed up after two hours.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
  • According to the sheriff's office, soybeans were also carefully vacuumed out from around the man.
    Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Disinfected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinfected. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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