disinfected

past tense of disinfect

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for disinfected
Verb
  • Less pure sand can be purified by methods such as acid washing or magnetic separation.
    Aki Ishida, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This innovation purified the Ohio River water so well that the number of deaths from typhoid fever declined by 60% in 1909.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Many coup backers are simply demoted or purged from the government without facing trial or execution.
    Joe Wright, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Violence and vitriol must be purged from the public square.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Nothing better than putting down the top and driving beautiful roads just after the rain stops and the air is powerfully charged by the nearby ocean, scrubbed clean.
    Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • That ended last month, the latest senior figure scrubbed from a poster that is unrecognisable from just 18 months ago.
    Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Toilet bowls need to be cleaned.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Hummingbird feeders should be cleaned once every two to five days.
    Abby Fribush, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • At this stage, the anchovies can be packaged with the salt they were cured in, or they can be rinsed, deboned, filleted, packed into tins or jars, and covered in oil.
    Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The operator rinsed the gloved hand in the sink and came back to the main cook line to prep food.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • After the shooting, the school was placed in a lockdown and officials swept the campus.
    Alex Stone, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
  • That’s more exciting to me than last year, when James swept the fiction categories, with even the Pulitzer board overriding their fiction judges to award the big prize to Percival Everett’s novel.
    Maris Kreizman, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Last year, while our house was being vacuumed by a housekeeper, Butch bit her on her calf.
    Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Step-by-Step Cleaning Process Vacuuming Upholstered chairs should be vacuumed weekly to remove loose dust, dirt, and hair.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Disinfected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinfected. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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