sanitizeverb [ T ]
UK usually sanitise uk/ˈsæn.ɪ.taɪz/us/ˈsæn.ə.taɪz/sanitize verb [ T ] (CLEAN)
mainly US to make something completely clean and free from bacteria
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Cleaning generally
- brush sb/sth off
- cleaner
- cleaning
- cleanse
- cleansing
- decontaminate
- groom
- purification
- purify
- rinse sth out
- scour
- scrub
- sluice
- sluice sth down/out
- sponge
- sweep
- wash (sth) out
- wipe
- wipe sth down
- wipe sth up
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sanitize verb [ T ] (CHANGE)
disapproving to change something in order to make it less strongly expressed, less harmful, or less offensive:
The military wants to allow only a sanitized report/version of the incident to become public.
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Digressing and being indirect or evasive
- beat
- discursive
- elliptical
- euphemism
- evasive
- go (all) round the houses idiom
- go off on a tangent idiom
- implicit
- meander
- move off sth/on (to sth)
- obliquely
- parry
- sidestep
- skirt
- stray
- suggestion
- talk around sth
- tangent
- tiptoe
- tiptoe around sth/sb
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sanitization
noun [ U ] mainly US UK usually sanitisation uk/ˌsæn.ɪ.taɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌsæn.ə.təˈzeɪ.ʃən/