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What is another word for disinfecting?

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Verb
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Present participle for to sterilize by the use of cleaning agent
cleaning
cleansing
purifying
sterilisingUK
sterilizingUS
sanitisingUK
sanitizingUS
decontaminating
fumigating
deterging
pasteurisingUK
pasteurizingUS
depurating
autoclaving
antisepticizing
depolluting
deodorisingUK
deodorizingUS
making clean
cleaning thoroughly
washing
distilling
clarifying
refining
filtering
clearing
making sterile
garbling
fining
bathing
treating
desexualizing
rectifying
changing
sublimating
incapacitating
neutering
fixing
emasculating
elutriating
castrating
processing
gelding
making sanitary
rarefying
cauterizingUS
cauterisingUK
altering
laundering
boiling
lathering
spaying
rinsing
cleaning up
unsexing
subliming
fractionating
separating
shampooing
rinsing out
delousing
vaporizingUS
purging
vaporisingUK
bleaching
cleaning out
freshening
disinfesting
making germ-free
neutralizingUS
neutralisingUK
making safe
scalding
steaming
scrubbing
scouring
sieving
lustrating
straining
sifting
GIing
restoring
soaping
washing down
turning out
filtrating
detoxifying
liquating
exculpating
rarifying
exonerating
expiating
edulcorating
remitting
making pure
getting rid of impurities
dousing
sluicing
swilling
flushing
laving
hosing down
doing the dishes
sluicing down
moistening
wetting
dry-cleaning
swilling down
doing the laundry
screening
riddling
winnowing
griddling
bolting
making clear
concentrating
desalting
percolating
sanctifying
becoming clear
redeeming
passing through a filter
leaching
extracting
rendering
unburdening
delivering
relieving
freeing
melting
desalinating
reclaiming
putting through a sieve
melting down
detoxicating
removing impurities from
getting rid of impurities from
wiping
mopping
sponging
tidying
doing
tidying up
blitzing
clearing up
clearing away
expurgating
mopping up
smartening
sprucing up
tarting up
absterging
washing away
washing up
scrubbing down
“I would like to acknowledge the antimicrobial foams and dilute bleach solutions that are helping to disinfect the rest of the building.”
Verb
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Present participle for to get rid of by cleaning
removing
cleaning
eliminating
cleansing
erasing
sanitisingUK
sanitizingUS
sterilisingUK
sterilizingUS
cleaning off
scrubbing off
sponging out
rinsing off
washing off
wiping off
taking out
Verb
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Present participle for to rinse or freshen one's mouth with a liquid
rinsing your mouth
cleansing
rinsing
freshening
swilling
gargling
washing out
irrigating
using mouthwash
swishing
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