| Main Entry: | decontaminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clean |
Synonyms: |
antiseptize, cleanse, disinfect, fumigate, make sterile, purify, sanitize, sterilize, wash |
| Main Entry: | censor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | forbid; ban; selectively remove |
Synonyms: |
abridge, black out, blacklist, bleach, bleep, blue-pencil, bowdlerize, clean up, conceal, control, cork, criticize, cut, decontaminate, delete, drop the iron curtain, edit, examine, excise, expurgate, exscind, inspect, launder, narrow, oversee, prevent publication, purge, purify, put the lid on, refuse transmission, repress, restrain, restrict, review, revile, sanitize, scissor out, squelch, sterilize, strike out, supervise communications, suppress, withhold |
| Notes: | to censor is to disallow portions or the entireties of books, plays, etc. on the grounds that they transgress propriety, 'to scrutinize, revise, or cut,' expurgate or suppress; to censure is to criticize vehemently or harshly, or condemn |
Antonyms: |
allow, approve, endorse, permit, sanction |
| Main Entry: | delete |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | erase, remove |
Synonyms: |
X-out, annul, black out, bleep, blot out, blue-pencil, cancel, clean, clean up, cross out, cut, cut out, decontaminate, destroy, drop, edit, efface, eliminate, exclude, expunge, obliterate, omit, pass up, rub, rub out, rule out, sanitize, snip, squash, squelch, sterilize, strike out, trim, wipe out |
Antonyms: |
add, put in |
| Main Entry: | disinfect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make clean, pure |
Synonyms: |
antisepticize, cleanse, decontaminate, deodorize, fumigate, purify, sanitize, sterilize |
Antonyms: |
dirty, pollute |
| Main Entry: | expurgate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | censor, cut |
Synonyms: |
bleep, bleep out, blip, blue pencil, bowdlerize, clean up, cleanse, decontaminate, lustrate, purge, purify, sanitize, screen, scrub, squash, sterilize |
Antonyms: |
allow, permit |
| Main Entry: | free |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take burden from |
Synonyms: |
cast off, clear, cut loose, decontaminate, deliver, discharge, disembarrass, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, empty, excuse, exempt, extricate, put off, ransom, redeem, relieve, rescue, rid, unburden, undo, unlade, unload, unpack, unshackle |
Antonyms: |
burden, compel, limit, suppress |
| Main Entry: | fumigate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disinfect, ventilate |
Synonyms: |
air out, antisepticize, circulate, decontaminate, deodorize, fan, freshen, purify, sanitize, sterilize, vaporize |
| Main Entry: | purify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | free; make clean |
Synonyms: |
absolve, aerate, aerify, atone, chasten, clarify, clean, cleanse, clear, decontaminate, deodorize, depurate, deterge, disinfect, edulcorate, elutriate, exculpate, exonerate, expiate, filter, fumigate, lustrate, oxygenate, purge, rarify, redeem, refine, remit, sanctify, sanitize, shrive, sublimate, wash |
Antonyms: |
adulterate, corrupt, dirty, pollute |
| Main Entry: | sanitize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sterilize |
Synonyms: |
antisepticize, clean, decontaminate, disinfect, freshen, fumigate, make sanitary, purify |
| Main Entry: | sterilize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make clean or unproductive |
Synonyms: |
alter, antisepticize, autoclave, castrate, change, clean, decontaminate, desexualize, disinfect, emasculate, fix, fumigate, incapacitate, make sterile, neuter, pasteurize, purify, sanitize, spay |
Antonyms: |
dirty |