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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make clean, pure |
| Synonyms: | antisepticize, cleanse, decontaminate, deodorize, fumigate, purify, sanitize, sterilize |
| Antonyms: | dirty, pollute |
| Main Entry: | cleanse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make undirty; wash |
| Synonyms: | absolve, clarify, clean, clear, depurgate, disinfect, expurgate, launder, lustrate, purge, purify, refine, restore, rinse, sanitize, scour, scrub, sterilize |
| Antonyms: | dirty, soil, spot |
| Main Entry: | decontaminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clean |
| Synonyms: | antiseptize, cleanse, disinfect, fumigate, make sterile, purify, sanitize, sterilize, wash |
| Main Entry: | deodorize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | freshen |
| Synonyms: | aerate, air, depollute, disinfect, fumigate, neutralize, purify, sanitize, sterilize, sweeten, ventilate |
| Main Entry: | purify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | free; make clean |
| Synonyms: | absolve, aerate, aerify, atone, chasten, clarify, clean, cleanse, clear, decontaminate, deodorize, depurate, deterge, disinfect, edulcorate, elutriate, exculpate, exonerate, expiate, filter, fumigate, lustrate, oxygenate, purge, rarify, redeem, refine, remit, sanctify, sanitize, shrive, sublimate, wash |
| Antonyms: | adulterate, corrupt, dirty, pollute |
| Main Entry: | sanitize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sterilize |
| Synonyms: | antisepticize, clean, decontaminate, disinfect, freshen, fumigate, make sanitary, purify |
| Main Entry: | sterilize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make clean or unproductive |
| Synonyms: | alter, antisepticize, autoclave, castrate, change, clean, decontaminate, desexualize, disinfect, emasculate, fix, fumigate, incapacitate, make sterile, neuter, pasteurize, purify, sanitize, spay |
| Antonyms: | dirty |
| Main Entry: | lustrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | purify |
| Synonyms: | absolve, aerate, aerify, atone, chasten, clarify, clean, cleanse, clear, decontaminate, deodorize, depurate, deterge, disinfect, edulcorate, elutriate, exculpate, exonerate, expiate, filter, fumigate, oxygenate, purge, rarify, redeem, refine, remit, sanctify, sanitize, shrive, sublimate, wash |
| Main Entry: | spay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sterilize |
| Synonyms: | alter, antisepticize, autoclave, castrate, change, clean, decontaminate, desexualize, disinfect, emasculate, fix*, fumigate, geld, incapacitate, make sterile, neuter, pasteurize, purify, sanitize, unsex |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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