disinfect

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

dis·in·fect [disinfect disinfects disinfected disinfecting] BrE [ˌdɪsɪnˈfekt] NAmE [ˌdɪsɪnˈfekt] verb
1. ~ sth to clean sth using a substance that kills bacteria
•to disinfect a surface/room/wound
2. ~ sth to run a computer program to get rid of a computer virus
Derived Word: ↑disinfection
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Word Origin:
late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘rid of infection’): from French désinfecter, from dés- (expressing reversal) + infecter ‘to infect’.

• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  infect, taint