Past tense of sanitize
regular verb
The past tense of sanitize is sanitized. The past participle is also sanitized.
Forms of sanitize
| Base form (V1) | sanitize /ˈsænətaɪz/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | sanitized |
| Past participle (V3) | sanitized |
| Present participle | sanitizing |
| Third person singular | sanitizes |
Sanitized in a sentence
- There is very little of this in sanitized Central.2008 April 16, Joyce Hor-Chung Lau, “What in God’s Name is That? Hong Kong Street Food, Part 1”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry central
- Adventists still do not really know how to play cards, apart from the sanitized version of bridge, Rook.2007, Malcolm Bull, Keith Lockhart, Seeking a Sanctuary: Seventh-day Adventism and the American Dream, page 174. From the entry rook
Meaning of sanitize
- verb To rid of microorganisms by cleaning or disinfecting.
- verb To make something, such as a dramatic work, more acceptable by removing potentially offensive material.
- verb 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.
Questions about the past tense of sanitize
- What is the past tense of sanitize?
- The past tense of sanitize is sanitized.
- What is the past participle of sanitize?
- The past participle of sanitize is sanitized.
- Is sanitize a regular or irregular verb?
- Sanitize is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sanitize (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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