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to sanitate

to sanitate

9.9
To make a place or water clean and safe for people's health
  • verb
  • /sænɪˌteɪt/
  • Archaic
translation icon : sanitizar
  • Efforts to sanitate public restrooms have greatly improved hygiene in the area.

Examples

  • We need to sanitate the kitchen before cooking.

  • The rural community worked together to sanitate the local water supply.

  • The charity's goal is to sanitate schools in underdeveloped regions.

  • The city sanitised the public restrooms last week.

  • Efforts to sanitate public restrooms have greatly improved hygiene in the area.

  • The charity's goal is to sanitate schools in underdeveloped regions.

  • The rural community worked together to sanitate the local water supply.

Synonyms

to sterilize
vsto sanitate
  • Specialized
29 4.1

To make something like medical tools free of bacteria using heat or chemicals

is broader and can mean providing facilities rather than only killing microbes
to sanitize
vsto sanitate
  • US
11 3.7

Make something clean and free from bacteria

also covers providing sanitary equipment or facilities not just cleaning
to hygienize
vsto sanitate
  • Specialized
7.5

To make something clean and free from germs

includes supplying sanitary facilities or equipment as well as cleaning

Antonyms

to contaminate
248 4.9

To make things like water or soil unsafe by adding harmful substances

How Sanitary

to sterilize
  • Specialized
29 4.1
to disinfect
18 3.7
to sanitate
  • Archaic
9.9
to clean
∞ 1.0
wash
89 1.0

Surface Forms

sanitate infinitive
sanitized past
sanitized past participle
sanitizing present participle
sanitates third person singular

Morphology

sanitate = sanitary (transparent) = sanit + ate

Formed from the health-related stem 'sanit-' plus the verb-forming suffix '-ate'; learners who know 'sanitary' or 'sanitation' can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Sanitate comes from the Latin root sanitas meaning 'health', the same root you see in sanitary and sanitation. So to sanitate a place is to make it healthy by cleaning it or by adding toilets and clean water, which is why it means 'to make sanitary'.