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  • verb Present participle of sanitise.

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Examples

  • Bennoune, who is of Algerian descent, also expressed fears that the CCR and the ACLU were in danger of "sanitising" Awlaki to western audiences.

    Legal challenge to US assassination policy divides rights groups Mark Tran 2010

  • They have ruled that the process of "sanitising" (aka censoring) released films for any content deemed offensive, is illegal.

    Filmstalker: July 2006 Archives 2006

  • They have ruled that the process of "sanitising" (aka censoring) released films for any content deemed offensive, is illegal.

    Filmstalker: Cleaning films service is illegal 2006

  • They said for the use of its helicopters in Maoist-hit areas, the IAF had asked the state police and the paramilitary to take a number of precautions such as sanitising the helipad areas.

    Daily News & Analysis 2010

  • They said for the use of its helicopters in Maoist-hit areas, the IAF had asked the state police and the paramilitary to take a number of precautions such as sanitising the helipad areas.

    Daily News & Analysis 2010

  • i have not played p4 yet although i am dying to, but i agree that FF and MGS are both legendary series, i usually like games like disgaea etc with a bit of stupidity or humour but something about p3 just grabbed me and i'm so glad they left it with japanese names and a japanese feel rather than "sanitising" it like they do with a lot of games.

    GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2009

  • Both because it was made by the BBC and created by Richard Curtis, The Vicar of Dibley (1994-2007) was gentler, sanitising an issue that threatened schism in the Anglican church (the rise of female priests) within what was essentially a comedy of rural life, an Archers with laughs.

    Holy smoke: religion and television's uneasy pact 2011

  • If Ferdinand is indeed reluctant, then at best any guidance to shake hands would reek of the sanitising impulse which has seen Parliament Square cleared of protesters, lest any of the world's TV cameras – in town for the Olympics – should get the idea that London is anything other than united in its love for everything from various wars to the IOC and its corporate sponsors.

    Handshake is not the answer to Anton Ferdinand-John Terry stand-off 2012

  • Comments on the group's page - “We Want a Movie about Syria's WAR on Lebanon” - also criticise Israeli filmmakers for portraying the Phalangist militia as the villains while sanitising the IDF's actions and ignoring the atrocities committed against their own communities:

    Global Voices in English » Lebanon: Lebanese Bloggers React to Israeli film “Lebanon” 2009

  • Could that ever mean sanitising the scrum in the interests of continuity?

    Phil Vickery retains England World Cup dreams and a love for Take That Robert Kitson 2010

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