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Thesaurus: disinfect

To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous.

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  1. v. t. To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous.
  2. v. destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing
  3. To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous. When the infectious matter and the infectious matter and the odoriferous matter are one . . . then to deodorize is to disinfect. Ure.
  4. To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroyputrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous.When the infectious matter and the infectious matter and theodoriferous matter are one . . . then to deodorize is to disinfect.Ure.
  5. v:100 v. destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing