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  1. 1. v. t. To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing Source: wordnet
  3. 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. Source: webster
  4. 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. Source: adambom
  5. 5. v:100 v. destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing Source: ecdict

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