sanitize

(verb)

verb

1. make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing

Similar word(s): hygienise, hygienize, sanitise

Definition categories: contact, clean

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

Similar word(s): sanitise

Definition categories: change, alter, modify