| 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: | clean |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make undirty, uncluttered |
Synonyms: |
absterge, bath, bathe, blot, brush, cauterize, clarify, cleanse, clear the decks, clear up, deodorize, depurate, deterge, disinfect, do up, dredge, dust, edulcorate, elutriate, erase, expunge, expurgate, flush, hackle, launder, lave, mop, neaten, pick, pick up, polish, purge, purify, rake, rasp, refine, rinse, rout out, sanitize, scald, scour, scrape, scrub, shake out, shampoo, soak, soap, sponge, spruce up, sterilize, straighten up, swab, sweep, tidy up, vacuum, wash, whisk, winnow, wipe |
Antonyms: |
adulterate, defile, dirty, foul, soil, stain |
| Main Entry: | cleanse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make undirty; wash |
Synonyms: |
absolve, clarify, clean, clear, depurgate, disinfect, expurgate, launder, lustrate, purge, purify, refine, restore, rinse, sanitize, scour, scrub, sterilize |
Antonyms: |
dirty, soil, spot |
| Main Entry: | decontaminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clean |
Synonyms: |
antiseptize, cleanse, disinfect, fumigate, make sterile, purify, sanitize, sterilize, wash |
| Main Entry: | deodorize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | freshen |
Synonyms: |
aerate, air, depollute, disinfect, fumigate, neutralize, purify, sanitize, sterilize, sweeten, ventilate |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | lustrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | purify |
Synonyms: |
absolve, aerate, aerify, atone, chasten, clarify, clean, cleanse, clear, decontaminate, deodorize, depurate, deterge, disinfect, edulcorate, elutriate, exculpate, exonerate, expiate, filter, fumigate, oxygenate, purge, rarify, redeem, refine, remit, sanctify, sanitize, shrive, sublimate, wash |
| Main Entry: | spay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sterilize |
Synonyms: |
alter, antisepticize, autoclave, castrate, change, clean, decontaminate, desexualize, disinfect, emasculate, fix*, fumigate, geld, incapacitate, make sterile, neuter, pasteurize, purify, sanitize, unsex |