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disinfect |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Disinfect \Dis`in*fect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disinfected}; p. pr & vb n. {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. --Ure. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: disinfect v : destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing; "disinfect a wound" [ant: {infect}]
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