SANITIZE as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • sanitize a document before releasing it to the press
    • sanitize history
    • sanitize the language in a book
    Hypernyms(s) sanitize is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) sanitize is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)