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Verb: sanitise  'sa-ni,tIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: sanitize)
  1. Make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing
    "They sanitised the operating room before surgery";
    - sanitize, hygienize, hygienise [Brit]
     
  2. Make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features
    "sanitise a document before releasing it to the press";
    - sanitize

Derived forms: sanitised, sanitises, sanitising

Type of: alter, change, clean, modify

Encyclopedia: Sanitise