verb🔗ShareTo rid of microorganisms by cleaning or disinfecting."Please sanitize your hands before entering the classroom. "medicinevirusmicroorganismscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(by extension) To make something, such as a dramatic work, more acceptable by removing potentially offensive material."The play was sanitized for the school production, removing some of the mature themes to make it suitable for younger audiences. "culturemediaentertainmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo 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."Before saving the user's comment to the database, the website will sanitize the input to remove any potentially harmful code. "computingtechnologyinternettechnicalcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo remove sensitive or personal data from (a database or file)."The company had to sanitize the employee database before sharing it with the new investors. "computingtechnologyinternettechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo revise (a document) in order to prevent identification of the sources."The company had to sanitize the survey results before publishing them, removing any personal details that could identify the participants. "writingcommunicationmediatechnologygovernmentlawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
