sanitizes
Makes something sterile
Sanitizes means to clean something to remove germs or contaminants: The restaurant sanitizes surfaces between customers.
More often, sanitize refers to removing objectionable content to make something acceptable or inoffensive: The biography sanitizes his early years, a sanitized version of events.
This figurative use often implies dishonest omission—making something appear cleaner than it really was.
Kills harmful microorganisms
- sterilizesEliminates all microorganisms
- cleansesFrees from dirt
- wipesRubs clean
- scrubsMedical staff uniform
decontaminates · purifies · washes · bleaches · antiseptic · germicide · alcohol · antibacterial
disinfects
Kills harmful microorganisms
- sterilizesEliminates all microorganisms
- cleansesFrees from dirt
- wipesRubs clean
scrubs · decontaminates · purifies · washes · bleaches · antiseptic · germicide · alcohol · antibacterial · soap
expurgates
Removes offensive content
softens · whitewashes · tones down · removes · filters · moderates · content · language · profanity · offensive
redacts
Removes sensitive content
- anonymizesRemoves identifying information
- scrubsMedical staff uniform
- filtersSelective passage barriers
removes · strips · cleanses · masks · obscures · cleans · validates · input · database · logs
- improvementsimprovement, fixes, betterment, enhancement, upgrade
sanitizesexposes
Makes visible or known
reveals · lays bare · sensationalizes · uncovers · scandalizes
- hand sanitizerWaterless palm cleanser
- hand sanitizingCleaning palms with alcohol
- sanitizing wipesPre-soaked germ-killing cloths
- sanitizer wipesGerm-killing disposable cloths
- hand sanitizer dispenserDevice releasing cleansing gel
- hand sanitizer stationMounted dispenser for antiseptic gel
sanitize, sanitized, sanitizer, sanitizing, sanitizers, sanitization, sanitizations, unsanitized