'Disinfect' definitions:

Definition of 'disinfect'

From: WordNet
verb
Destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing; "disinfect a wound" [ant: infect, taint]

Definition of 'Disinfect'

From: GCIDE
  • Disinfect \Dis`in*fect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disinfected; p. pr. & vb. n. Disinfecting.] To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous. [1913 Webster]
  • When the infectious matter and the infectious matter and the odoriferous matter are one . . . then to deodorize is to disinfect. --Ure. [1913 Webster]

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