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antiseptic

[an-tuh-sep-tik] / ˌæn təˈsɛp tɪk /




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He’s about to schlep through a 162-game season with them: plane trips, batting practice, 1 a.m. room service steak dinners in antiseptic luxury hotels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

I reclined in the exam chair as Shalom parted my hair into sections and cleansed the area with an antiseptic liquid.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

The early embrace of sunshine as an antiseptic, formalized in New York’s wedding cake towers that were required to step back gradually from the street, soon morphed into a generalized opposition to tall buildings.

From Slate • Jul. 23, 2025

But these once surefire hits have never been so limp and antiseptic.

From Salon • Jul. 7, 2025

I was left with vague memories of the cold smell of antiseptic and ammonia, and bright surgery lights burning into my eyes as I counted backward from ten.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge




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