sanitize (redirected from Sanitizer)

san·i·tize  (sn-tz)

tr.v. san·i·tized, san·i·tiz·ing, san·i·tiz·es

1. To make sanitary, as by cleaning or disinfecting.

2. To make more acceptable by removing unpleasant or offensive features from: sanitized the language in adapting the novel for television.

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sani·ti·zation (-t-zshn) n.

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sanitize, sanitise [ˈsænɪˌtaɪz]

vb (tr)

1. to make sanitary or hygienic, as by sterilizing

2. to omit unpleasant details from (a news report, document, etc.) to make it more palatable to the recipients

sanitization , sanitisation n

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To revise a report or other document in such a fashion as to prevent identification of sources, or of the actual persons and places with which it is concerned, or of the means by which it was acquired. Usually involves deletion or substitution of names and other key details.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	sanitize - make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing hygienise, hygienize, sanitise clean, make clean - make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from; "Clean the stove!"; "The dentist cleaned my teeth"
	2.	sanitize - make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features; "sanitize a document before releasing it to the press"; "sanitize history"; "sanitize the language in a book" sanitise alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

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sanitize

verb

1. sterilize, cleanse, disinfect, purge, purify, fumigate, decontaminate, pasteurize motels with their sanitized toilet seats and mini bars of soap

2. make acceptable, clean up, purge, water down, expurgate, make palatable the school of crime writers who sanitize violence

Translations

sanitize [ˈsænɪtaɪz] VT → sanear
to sanitize the image of war → dar una imagen aséptica de la guerra

sanitize [ˈsænɪtaɪz] sanitise (British) vt [+ violence, situation] → édulcorer
a sanitized version of sth → une version édulcorée de qch

sanitize

vt

(esp US) → keimfrei machen

novel, film etc → von anstößigen Stellen reinigen or säubern

sanitize [ˈsænɪˌtaɪz] vt → sanitizzare (fig) (make inoffensive) → espurgare

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sanitize [ˈsænɪˌtaɪz] vt → sanitizzare (fig) (make inoffensive) → espurgare