disinfected

verb

past tense of disinfect
as in sanitized

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disinfected
  1. decontaminated
  2. purified
  3. purged
  4. scrubbed
  5. cleaned
  6. rinsed
  7. swept
  8. vacuumed
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  • Those exhibiting suspicious symptoms had samples taken and sent to a laboratory for analysis, the ministry said on Saturday, adding that the vessel was also decontaminated.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The wire seals certify a vessel had either been decontaminated and inspected for invasive species or was last launched in the Lake Tahoe basin, agency officials said in a news release.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026
Definition of decontaminated
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  • But what if the water and nutrients could be purified from whey permeate and used for other purposes?
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Once hydrogen is flowing from the ground, how will the gas be purified?
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of purified
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  • Xi has purged or expelled most of the seven-member Central Military Commission, leaving just him and one other member.
    — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Even when Putin purged Russia’s defense ministry for corruption, including much of Shoigu’s own personal network, Putin transferred Shoigu to a weighty role in the Security Council rather than disempower him.
    — Julian G. Waller, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of purged
Verb
  • Previously, Ars reported on a controversial dataset that was later scrubbed after researchers found CSAM in the training data, but there’s no indication xAI trained on that data.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Chang’e 7 was supposed to launch onboard a Long March 5 rocket on August 24, but the launch was scrubbed on Sunday evening, China’s Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said in a statement.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of scrubbed
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  • Fortunately for Fields, Harrison Butker cleaned it up and made the field goal.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The chaos aided a teammate as cornerback Chris Roland-Wallace cleaned things up for a 1-yard loss.
    — Jesse Newell, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of cleaned
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  • The glass — sometimes rinsed, sometimes not — was then filled for the next customer.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The roller rotates constantly and gets rinsed with clean water, so the part touching the car always stays clean.
    — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of rinsed
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  • The baby didn’t make it, and neither did the wife, who died a year later, a victim of the horrendous pandemic that swept the planet clean.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Kuna Rural Fire District said the man was swept downstream just below the dam.
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of swept
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  • Its forecast for revenue growth in the current quarter fell short of expectations, which executives pinned on a supply crunch in components getting vacuumed up in the AI boom.
    — Stan Choe, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • One man leaned his shoulder into the drill as another vacuumed up the dust of century-old concrete.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026
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“Disinfected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinfected. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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