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sanitization

sanitization noun: the act of sanitizing something.

Noun

sanitization (countable and uncountable, plural sanitizations)

  1. The act of sanitizing something.
  2. The process of editing a security-classified document in order to reduce its classification level.

sanitization meaning in Arabic

sanitization in Arabic

Translations
تَعْقِيم taʕqīm

Forms of sanitization

pluralsanitizations
alternative formsanitisation

Origin of sanitization

From sanitize + -ation.

Questions about sanitization

What does sanitization mean?
Sanitization means the act of sanitizing something.
What is sanitization in Arabic?
Sanitization in Arabic is تَعْقِيم (taʕqīm). See Sanitization meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is sanitization?
Sanitization is a noun.
What is the plural of sanitization?
The plural of sanitization is sanitizations.

Words near sanitization in the dictionary

  1. sanitises
  2. sanitising
  3. sanitist
  4. sanitists
  5. sanitizable
  6. sanitization
  7. sanitizations
  8. sanitize
  9. sanitized
  10. sanitizer
  11. sanitizers

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