sanitisation

incontable

A noun referring to the process of making something clean and free from germs, typically through sterilization or disinfection.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa el proceso de limpiar algo y eliminar microbios, generalmente mediante esterilización o desinfección, o el acto de hacer que algo sea higiénico o seguro para el uso.

1. Cleaning and disinfecting B1 formal medical

   The process of making something clean and free from germs, bacteria, or other microorganisms, typically by using chemicals or heat.

   • The hospital requires thorough sanitisation of all surgical equipment.
   • Regular sanitisation of kitchen surfaces helps prevent food poisoning.
   • The cleaning crew performed a complete sanitisation of the office after the flu outbreak.

   🇪🇸Saneamiento y desinfección

   Sinónimos: cleaningdecontaminationdisinfectionpurificationsterilization

   Antónimos: contaminationinfectionpollution

2. Making acceptable or less offensive B2 formal

   The act of removing unpleasant, controversial, or offensive parts from something, such as information or a story.

   • The sanitisation of historical documents often removes important context.
   • Critics accused the film of sanitisation, as it omitted the darker aspects of the story.
   • The sanitisation of the report made it less accurate but more palatable to the public.

   🇪🇸Sanitización (suavizar o blanquear contenido)

   Sinónimos: bowdlerizationcensorshipcleanupexpurgationlaunderingsoftening

• sanitisations plural form
• sanitisations' possessive plural form
• sanitisation's possessive singular form