Dictionary Entry
disinfect
disinfect is a 9-letter English word with 2 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 2 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous.
- 2verb
destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing
"disinfect a wound"
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