Verb: sanitize 'sa-ni,tIz
- Make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing
"They sanitized the operating room before surgery";
- sanitise [Brit], hygienize, hygienise [Brit]
- Make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features
"sanitize a document before releasing it to the press";
- sanitise [Brit]
Derived forms: sanitizing, sanitizes, sanitized
See also: sanitized
Type of: alter, change, clean, modify
Encyclopedia: Sanitize