antiseptic

Example Sentences

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In an age before antiseptic, opening up the body almost always led to infection and death.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

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

Then, later that day, when Megumi, a relative newbie at the sport, cut her hand on the wall, Gordon jumped in to offer her an antiseptic wipe.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2024

I look away as Eric wipes my neck with an antiseptic wipe and eases the needle into my skin.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth