disinfect
verb /ˌdɪsɪnˈfekt/
/ˌdɪsɪnˈfekt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they disinfect | /ˌdɪsɪnˈfekt/ /ˌdɪsɪnˈfekt/ |
| he / she / it disinfects | /ˌdɪsɪnˈfekts/ /ˌdɪsɪnˈfekts/ |
| past simple disinfected | /ˌdɪsɪnˈfektɪd/ /ˌdɪsɪnˈfektɪd/ |
| past participle disinfected | /ˌdɪsɪnˈfektɪd/ /ˌdɪsɪnˈfektɪd/ |
| -ing form disinfecting | /ˌdɪsɪnˈfektɪŋ/ /ˌdɪsɪnˈfektɪŋ/ |
- disinfect something to clean something using a substance that kills bacteria
- to disinfect a surface/room/wound
- disinfect something to run a computer program to get rid of a computer virusTopics Computersc2
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘rid of infection’): from French désinfecter, from dés- (expressing reversal) + infecter ‘to infect’.