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
  • Less pure sand can be purified by methods such as acid washing or magnetic separation.
    Aki Ishida, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This innovation purified the Ohio River water so well that the number of deaths from typhoid fever declined by 60% in 1909.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Jews were purged from the Soviet Foreign Ministry in 1939, when the Soviet Union signed a pact with Nazi Germany, and antisemitic show trials followed not long after Germany’s defeat.
    Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Many of China’s top military officials have been purged during Xi’s third term on charges of corruption or disloyalty.
    PHILIP H. GORDON, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Your glasses' nose pads can accumulate hidden grime and should be scrubbed regularly to maintain hygiene.
    Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Firm produce such as carrots, cucumbers, melons and potatoes can be scrubbed with a clean vegetable brush under running water, the FDA says.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Keep your house landscape or camping grounds well cleaned and manicured.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
  • And 12 flies were over cleaned food containers at the warewashing area, and five roaches climbed the walls around the kitchen dishwasher.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Cut onions do not need to be rinsed.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
  • All other produce can be gently rubbed while being rinsed.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Tigers won two of three against the Mariners early in the season, then got swept by Seattle at home and were outscored 35-14 during a July series that marked the start of a horrid slide.
    Zack Meisel, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Teams have swept the area with thermal cameras to check for any more survivors, to no avail.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • According to the sheriff's office, soybeans were also carefully vacuumed out from around the man.
    Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Last year, while our house was being vacuumed by a housekeeper, Butch bit her on her calf.
    Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
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