sanitise

/'sæniteit/ Cách viết khác : (sanitise) /'sænitaiz/ (sanitize) /'sænitaiz/
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sanitise

The nurse uses a wipe to sanitise the patient's bedside table.

Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To make something less offensive, shocking, or controversial by removing or altering objectionable material. This often involves modifying language, content, or historical accounts to make them more palatable or acceptable to a general audience.
    • To make something hygienically clean by cleaning or sterilizing it, eliminating germs and dirt to prevent infection or disease.
Usage and Examples

  • Verb (To make less offensive):

    • The film studio decided to sanitise the script to avoid a restrictive age rating.
    • Politicians often sanitise their speeches for public consumption.
    • The report was heavily sanitised before being declassified.

  • Verb (To clean hygienically):

    • Hospital staff must sanitise their hands between seeing patients.
    • Please sanitise the kitchen surfaces after preparing raw meat.
    • The water treatment plant works to sanitise the public water supply.
Advanced Usage
  • "Sanitise" in a figurative/metaphorical sense: Often used critically to describe the process of removing the harsh, complex, or unpleasant realities from a narrative, making it seem cleaner or simpler than it is.
    • The biography sanitises the author's troubled early life, presenting an unrealistically positive image.
  • "Sanitised version": A common phrase referring to a version of a story, report, or account from which sensitive or disturbing details have been removed.
    • We were only given a sanitised version of events.
Variants and Related Words
  • Sanitize: The preferred spelling in American English. It has the same meanings as 'sanitise'.
  • Sanitisation/Sanitization (noun): The process or act of sanitising something.
    • The sanitisation of the historical record is concerning to scholars.
    • Regular sanitization of equipment is mandatory.
  • Sanitiser/Sanitizer (noun): A substance used for sanitising, especially for hands or surfaces.
    • Use an alcohol-based hand sanitiser.
Synonyms
  • To make less offensive: Bowdlerise, expurgate, censor, clean up, whitewash.
  • To clean hygienically: Disinfect, sterilise, decontaminate, purify, cleanse.
Antonyms
  • To make less offensive: Corrupt, pollute (figuratively), sensationalise.
  • To clean hygienically: Contaminate, soil, infect, dirty.
Related Phrases and Contexts
  • "Sanitise history": To alter the historical record by omitting or softening unpleasant facts.
    • Regimes that try to sanitise history often repeat its mistakes.
  • "Sanitise language": To replace blunt, crude, or technical terms with euphemisms or milder language.
    • Corporate communications often sanitise language, turning "firing people" into "workforce optimisation".
sanitise

The nurse uses a wipe to sanitise the patient's bedside table.

Verb
  1. 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
  2. make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing

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