Meaning

(transitive) To rid of microorganisms by cleaning or disinfecting..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To rid of microorganisms by cleaning or disinfecting.
2. (transitive, by extension) To make something, such as a dramatic work, more acceptable by removing potentially offensive material.
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.
4. (transitive, computing) To remove sensitive or personal data from (a database or file).
5. (transitive) To revise (a document) in order to prevent identification of the sources.

Example Sentences

Near-synonym: bowdlerize

And yet for all that, the filmmakers were in fact trying to sanitize Mitchell’s novel.

Both caricatures are appropriately mean, but if the show is going to continue using them, it needs to take care not to sanitize the real people, as it has done with dangerously incompetent and malicious figures in the past, such as George W Bush or Trump himself.

Remember to sanitize your query parameters to avoid SQL injection exploits.

Word Forms

• sanitizes
• sanitizing
• sanitized
• sanitise

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When Should You Use Sanitize?

Use sanitize when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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