disinfect (verb)
21cleanse — verb 1) the wound was cleansed Syn: clean (up), wash, bathe, rinse, disinfect 2) cleansing the environment of traces of lead Syn: rid, clear, free, purify, purge …
22fumigate — verb the prisoners quarters are fumigated once a month Syn: disinfect, purify, sterilize, sanitize, decontaminate, cleanse, clean out Ant: soil …
23purify — verb 1) trees help to purify the air Syn: clean, cleanse, refine, decontaminate; filter, clarify, clear, freshen, deodorize; sanitize, disinfect, sterilize 2) they purify themselves before the ceremony Syn …
24sterilize — verb 1) the scalpel was first sterilized Syn: disinfect, fumigate, decontaminate, sanitize; pasteurize; clean, cleanse, purify; technical autoclave Ant: contaminate 2) over 6.5 million people were sterilized …
25cleanse — verb 1) the wound was cleansed Syn: clean (up), wash, bathe, rinse, disinfect 2) cleansing the environment of traces of lead Syn: rid, clear, free, purify, purge …
26fumigate — verb Syn: disinfect, purify, sterilize, sanitize, decontaminate, cleanse, clean out Ant: soil …
27purify — verb Syn: clean, cleanse, refine, decontaminate, filter, clear, freshen, deodorize, sanitize, disinfect, sterilize …
28decontaminate — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. disinfect, purify, sterilize; see clean . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. clean, purify, sterilize, disinfect, autoclave, sanitize, wash, purge, flush, distill. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To render free of… …
29sterilize — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. asepticize, aseptify, antisepticize, disinfect, decontaminate, boil, autoclave, incapacitate, make sterile, pasteurize; see also clean , purify . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. 1. disinfect purify, cleanse, decontaminate …
30Lingua Franca Nova — Infobox Language name=Lingua Franca Nova caption=Flag creator=C. George Boeree setting=International auxiliary language speakers= > 100 [Between 30 (estimate based on use of lfn in yahoo group and wiki edits) and 200 (members of lfn yahoo group)] …
