verb🔗ShareTo rid of microorganisms by cleaning or disinfecting."The restaurant staff is sanitizing the tables between customers to prevent the spread of germs. "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 studio was accused of sanitizing the historical events in the movie to avoid controversy. "culturemediaentertainmentliteratureChat 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 submitting the online form, the website is sanitizing your input to remove any potentially harmful code. "technologycomputinginternetcommunicationsystemChat 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. "computingtechnologyinternetbusinesstechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo revise (a document) in order to prevent identification of the sources."Before publishing the survey results, the company spent hours sanitizing the data by removing names and addresses to protect the privacy of the participants. "governmentpoliticslawwritingcommunicationmediaChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading