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  • noun the act of sanitizing something, or something that has been sanitized
  • noun the process of editing a security-classified document in order to reduce its classification level

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing

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Examples

  • The EPA sanitization is because sheeple really are sheeple, and the Gubbermint don’t want to spook the flock.

    Think Progress » Exxon-Backed Pundit Compares Gore To Nazi Propagandist 2006

  • There is a tendency to equate end-of-life data protection with data sanitization, which is only one essential component of the process.

    Home 2009

  • This "sanitization" doesn't hurt the book or the desired pulp feel, but it is nevertheless noticeable.

    REVIEW: Space Vulture by Gary K. Wolf and Archbishop John J. Meyers 2008

  • Others criticized the "sanitization" of the lists, saying that Google, Yahoo! and Bing painted an inaccurate picture of the Internet landscape by removing undesirable queries, like pornography-related searches.

    King of Pop Tops Search Engines 2009

  • SULTAN: I think with a great certainty I can say that they cannot escape the kind of sanitization of the area that we have done and the surveillance means, I am quite sure.

    CNN Transcript Mar 20, 2004 2004

  • If the killers had taken the time to tend to sanitation, it would have slowed their "sanitization" campaign.

    Bystanders to Genocide 2001

  • If the killers had taken the time to tend to sanitation, it would have slowed their "sanitization" campaign.

    Bystanders to Genocide 2001

  • The best solution is not "sanitization" (which people usually perform by blocking or editing out what THEY think are dangerous metacharacters) but proper encapsulation.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • The best solution is not "sanitization" (which people usually perform by blocking or editing out what THEY think are dangerous metacharacters) but proper encapsulation.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • The best solution is not "sanitization" (which people usually perform by blocking or editing out what THEY think are dangerous metacharacters) but proper encapsulation.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

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