Free translatorFree translator
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Disinfect   /dɪsɪnfˈɛkt/   Listen
verb
Disinfect  v. t.  (past & past part. disinfected; pres. part. disinfecting)  To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous. "When the infectious matter and the infectious matter and the odoriferous matter are one... then to deodorize is to disinfect."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words



Share |





"Disinfect" Quotes from Famous Books



... get their day's work done and strut into posterity in bronze and marble. They will cheat and rob and oppress and grind the faces off the poor, and do their work and follow their visions, and live the romance in their hearts. To-morrow we will take their work, disinfect it, and dedicate ...
— A Certain Rich Man • William Allen White

... or when accidentally contaminated, replace the instruments in the basket and return that to the steriliser; completely disinfect by a further boiling for ...
— The Elements of Bacteriological Technique • John William Henry Eyre



Copyright © 2024 Free Translator.org