01 v. t. To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous.
imp. & p. p.
Disinfected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Disinfecting
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To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous.“When the infectious matter and the infectious matter and the odoriferous matter are one . . . then to deodorize is to disinfect.” — Ure.