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disinfect Definition


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disinfect
verb
    1. To clean with a substance that kills germs.
      Thesaurus: clean, decontaminate, sterilize, purify, sanitize, deodorize, fumigate, purge; Antonym: contaminate.
Etymology: 17c in this sense; 16c, meaning ‘to rid someone or somewhere of infection'.



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