To disinfect something is to clean it so thoroughly that you kill any bacteria that might have been living on it. It's particularly important to disinfect cuts and scratches.
To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous.
Verb
destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing; "disinfect a wound"
v. t.
To free from infectious or contagious matter; to
destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous.
Disinfect
When the infectious matter and the infectious matter and the odoriferous matter are one . . . then to deodorize is to disinfect.
To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous.
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