Usually means: Cleaning to remove germs, contaminants.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word sanitizing:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. sanitizing: Merriam-Webster
  2. sanitizing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. sanitizing: Vocabulary.com
  4. Sanitizing, sanitizing: Wordnik
  5. sanitizing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. sanitizing: Wiktionary
  7. sanitizing: Dictionary.com
  8. sanitizing: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Sanitizing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. sanitizing: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sanitizing: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sanitizing: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. sanitizing: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. sanitizing: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See sanitize as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (sanitize)

verb:  (transitive) To rid of microorganisms by cleaning or disinfecting.
verb:  (transitive, by extension) To make something, such as a dramatic work, more acceptable by removing potentially offensive material.
verb:  (transitive, computing) To filter (text) to ensure it does not contain any characters that will cause problems for or be interpreted in an adverse way by the receiving system.
verb:  (transitive, computing) To remove sensitive or personal data from (a database or file).
verb:  (transitive) To revise (a document) in order to prevent identification of the sources.
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