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Disinfect

Dis`in`fect´
v. t.1.To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous.
[imp. & p. p. Disinfected; p. pr. & vb. n. Disinfecting.]
When the infectious matter and the infectious matter and the odoriferous matter are one . . . then to deodorize is to disinfect.
- Ure.
Verb1.disinfect - destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing; "disinfect a wound"
Antonyms:
infect, taint - contaminate with a disease or microorganism
antimicrobial, antimicrobic, antisepticize, chlorinate, clean, disinfectant, disinfection, germicide, infect, make clean, sterilise, sterilize, taint

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