"sanitize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈsænətaɪz/ [General-American], /ˈsænɪtaɪz/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sanitize.wav [Southern-England] Forms: sanitizes [present, singular, third-person], sanitizing [participle, present], sanitized [participle, past], sanitized [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} sanitize (third-person singular simple present sanitizes, present participle sanitizing, simple past and past participle sanitized)
  1. (transitive) To rid of microorganisms by cleaning or disinfecting. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-sanitize-en-verb-F02CzE0c
  2. (transitive, by extension) To make something, such as a dramatic work, more acceptable by removing potentially offensive material. Tags: broadly, transitive
    Sense id: en-sanitize-en-verb-8XWQafZU
  3. (transitive, computing) To filter (text) to ensure it does not contain any characters that will cause problems for or be interpreted in an adverse way by the receiving system. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing Translations (to filter text): sanitizen (German), サニタイズする (sanitaizu suru) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-sanitize-en-verb-a2NXpIvS Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'to filter text': 2 2 83 8 5
  4. (transitive, computing) To remove sensitive or personal data from (a database or file). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-sanitize-en-verb-OJHV~nDH Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  5. (transitive) To revise (a document) in order to prevent identification of the sources. Tags: transitive Translations (to bowdlerize): censurare (Italian), edulcorare (Italian)
    Sense id: en-sanitize-en-verb-5qBSI7UZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 3 26 19 36 Disambiguation of 'to bowdlerize': 21 3 25 13 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sanitise Derived forms: sanitizer Related terms: sanitary, sanitation Translations (to free from microorganisms): дезинфекцирам (dezinfekciram) (Bulgarian), хигиенизирам (higieniziram) (Bulgarian), sanejar (Catalan), sanitovat [imperfective] (Czech), assainir (French), keimfrei machen (German), hygienisch machen (German), απολυμαίνω (apolymaíno) (Greek), sanitizzare (Italian), disinfettare (Italian), igienizzare (Italian), 除菌する (jokin suru) (Japanese), asenizować [imperfective] (Polish), higienizar (Portuguese), desinfetar (Portuguese), sanear (Spanish), desinfectar [masculine] (Spanish), sanera (Swedish), sterilize etmek (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'to free from microorganisms': 29 0 12 32 26

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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to free from microorganisms",
      "word": "higienizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to free from microorganisms",
      "word": "desinfetar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to free from microorganisms",
      "word": "sanear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to free from microorganisms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desinfectar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to free from microorganisms",
      "word": "sanera"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to free from microorganisms",
      "word": "sterilize etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to bowdlerize",
      "word": "censurare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to bowdlerize",
      "word": "edulcorare"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to filter text",
      "word": "sanitizen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sanitaizu suru",
      "sense": "to filter text",
      "word": "サニタイズする"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sanitize"
}

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