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Disinfect   /dɪsɪnfˈɛkt/   Listen
Disinfect

verb
(past & past part. disinfected; pres. part. disinfecting)
1.
Destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing.



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"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


Words linked to "Disinfect" :   infect, sterilise, make clean, antisepticize, clean, chlorinate, sterilize


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