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sanitize

sa·ni·tize

US/ˈsænətaɪz/ uncommon

verb

1.

make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing

2.

make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features

  • “sanitize a document before releasing it to the press”
  • “sanitize history”
  • “sanitize the language in a book”
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Origin

From sanitary. By surface analysis, sanity + -ize.

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