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Disinfect

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To cleanse so as to destroy or prevent the growth of disease-carrying microorganisms: disinfect a wound.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To sterilize by the use of cleaning agent such as bleach.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To cleanse from infection; purify from contagious or infectious matter; destroy the germs of disease in.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing

Word Usage

"The reason for cleaning first when you wish to disinfect is to remove organic matter—blood, feces, or food, for example—that might inactivate bleach and certain other household disinfectants."

Antonym

disease poison

Verb Form

disinfected disinfectic disinfecting disinfects

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

clean make clean

Hyponym

sterilise antisepticize chlorinate sterilize

Form

disinfected disinfecting

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

purify sanitize sanitate sterilize fumigate

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Brecht Hecht Select affect bedecked

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

cesspit germicide askest fumigation disinfection