sanitize

verb

Definition of sanitizenext
1
as in to disinfect

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2
as in to romanticize

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Recent Examples of sanitize Tumbling towels in an automatic dryer will help sanitize towels and kill microorganisms. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 9 July 2026 Wash and sanitize cutting boards, surfaces and utensils used to prepare, serve or store fresh produce. — S.e. Jenkins, CBS News, 6 July 2026 The agency advised retail delis to clean and sanitize their food and surfaces and to discard open deli products if the deli housed the headcheese. — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026 While younger generations were taught in school about the atrocities of the Holocaust, the book found that family lore continued to sanitize the past with grandparents often painted as heroes, rescuers or victims themselves. — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 28 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for sanitize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanitize
  1. disinfect
  2. romanticize
  3. decontaminate
  4. sugarcoat
  5. purge
  6. idealize
  7. purify
  8. intensify
Verb
  • As a precaution, the city has ordered 76 buildings to clean, drain and disinfect their cooling towers while the investigation continues.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 19 July 2026
  • The workers must then disinfect the pipe with chlorine and test the water’s quality for safety.
    — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
Definition of disinfect
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  • Hollywood has long romanticized the era, and there’s a reason these references continue to resonate.
    — Lauren Valenti, InStyle, 17 July 2026
  • Have fun romanticizing the routine — this is your superpower right now.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
Definition of romanticize
Verb
  • The traditional boundaries between work and life dissolved as workers tried to maintain productivity through economic upheaval, all while decontaminating groceries and managing their children’s online classes.
    — Tess Lawrence, Harvard Business Review, 1 July 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 decontaminate
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  • Her refusal to sugarcoat the interior and exterior lives of her characters, whether enslaved or traumatized by the past — by events in American history — was purposeful.
    — Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • There's no reason to sugarcoat it.
    — Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
Definition of sugarcoat
Verb
  • By the time Japan finally purged bad loans from bank balance sheets, deflation had woven itself into the national fabric.
    — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • So, the team tested if depriving mole-rats of smell would purge the xenophobia out of them.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026
Definition of purge
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  • The report suggests that idealized portrayals of dating on social media may be affecting confidence and expectations, in some cases as much as or more than rejection itself.
    — Ethan M. Stone, USA Today, 20 July 2026
  • As these historical examples underscore, there is no idealized past to reclaim nor idealized future to arrive at through an inevitable march of progress.
    — Mark Brilliant, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
Definition of idealize
Verb
  • Normal strategy in disaster situations is boiling water to purify it but this uses valuable fuel resources.
    — Simon Heptinstall, New Atlas, 9 July 2026
  • Next, the raw material is handed over to Talga Group, a specialist firm that purifies the recycled feedstock into pristine, battery-grade graphite.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 July 2026
Definition of purify
Verb
  • Now, an intensifying war has again closed off significant access to Persian Gulf oil, reinjecting chaos into the market.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • Authorities arrested presidential candidates, opposition figures, business leaders and journalists ahead of that vote as the government intensified its criminalization of dissent.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of intensify

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