1. (

• sanitize ,
• sanitise ,
• hygienize ,
• hygienise

) make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing ;

2. (

• sanitize ,
• sanitise

) 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" ;

1. (

• sanitized ,
• sanitised

) made sanitary ;