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disinfect Definition

dis·in·fect (dis′in fekt′)

transitive verb

to destroy the harmful bacteria, viruses, etc. in or on; sterilize

Etymology: Fr désinfecter: see dis- & infect

disinfect Related Forms
dis′·in·fec′·tion noun
disinfect Synonyms

disinfect

v.

purify, fumigate, sterilize, sanitize; see clean.

disinfect Usage Examples

Object

  • footwear: If you have to make journeys make sure to disinfect footwear and vehicles.
  • toilet: We have come to the point where disaffection from teaching has literally made disinfecting toilets a preferable job.
  • virus: Booting from this disk may take an hour or two and disinfects boot viruses only, not the whole PC.
  • clothing: Ensure you are wearing clean and disinfected protective waterproof clothing.
  • boot: Footdips should be provided for the driver to disinfect boots prior to entry.
  • vehicle: Insist on clean and disinfected vehicles; Not ignore domestic animals.

Preposition: between

  • batch: Even the basics like not disinfecting between batches of calves in a shed are being over looked.

Adjective complement

  • daily: Water bottles and food dishes should be cleaned and disinfected daily.

Modifying Another Word

  • thoroughly: Of course they need to be well washed and thoroughly disinfected, ideally at the end of the breeding season.
  • prior: Vehicles should be cleaned and disinfected prior to arriving.
  • regularly: Refugee centers were under the supervision of hygiene officers & toilet rooms were organized with walls, floors & bedding regularly disinfected.
  • automatically: SWEEP does not automatically disinfect hard disk boot sectors.
  • properly: It was taking me over two hours to clean and disinfect properly.
  • then: The floor of a deep litter house is disinfected then covered with wood shavings, peat or other ' litter ' .

Used with why or when

  • when: And of course, even then, the vehicles will be disinfected when we return.

Infinitive complement

  • prevent: Eating and drinking containers must be capable of being easily cleaned and disinfected to prevent cross contamination.

Preposition: in

  • accordance: Cleaning and disinfecting in accordance with Antec's Biosecurity Program will ensure that microbiological hazards meet those limits.
  • way: All items that have been removed from the cab should be cleaned and disinfected in a similar way.

Preposition: with

  • disinfectant: Header tanks and pipelines need to be regularly cleaned and disinfected with a non-tainting disinfectant.
  • chlorine: The water will then pass into contact tanks to be disinfected with chlorine.