See sanitize on Wiktionary
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},
{
"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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