sanitizes

• GIs
• acclaims
• aggrandizes
• boosts
• brightens
• brushes
• canonizes
• cleans
• cleanses
• combs
• decontaminates
• deifies
• deodorizes
• deterges
• dignifies
• disinfects
• dry-cleans
• dusts
• elevates
• ennobles
• enshrines
• enskies
• enthrones
• exalts
• extolls
• extols
• freshens
• glorifies
• heightens
• honors
• idealizes
• intensifies
• lauds
• launders
• lifts
• magnifies
• mops
• picks up
• praises
• promotes
• purges
• purifies
• raises
• rinses
• romanticizes
• scours
• scrubs
• shampoos
• sponges
• sugarcoats
• swabs
• sweeps
• sweetens
• tidies
• turns out
• unclutters
• upgrades
• uplifts
• vacuums
• washes
• wipes

• abases
• begrimes
• belittles
• besmirches
• blackens
• decries
• defiles
• degrades
• demeans
• depreciates
• detracts
• dirties
• discolors
• disparages
• fouls
• humbles
• humiliates
• minimizes
• muddies
• pollutes
• soils
• spots
• stains
• sullies
• taints

• verb
  1. To rid of microorganisms by cleaning or disinfecting.
  2. (by extension) To make something, such as a dramatic work, more acceptable by removing potentially offensive material.
  3. To filter (text) to ensure it does not contain any characters that will cause problems for or be interpreted in an adverse way by the receiving system.
  4. To remove sensitive or personal data from (a database or file).
  5. To revise (a document) in order to prevent identification of the sources.

• The company sanitizes all equipment before it is used by the next employee.
• She always sanitizes her hands after touching public surfaces.
• The school sanitizes the classrooms every evening to ensure a clean environment for the students.
• The staff sanitizes the restrooms multiple times a day to maintain hygiene standards.
• The machine automatically sanitizes the tools after each use in the laboratory.

vacuums

magnifies

garbles

elevates

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