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Sanitize

//ˈsænətaɪz// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To rid of microorganisms by cleaning or disinfecting. transitive
  2. 2
    make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features wordnet
  3. 3
    To make something, such as a dramatic work, more acceptable by removing potentially offensive material. broadly, transitive

    "Near-synonym: bowdlerize"

  4. 4
    make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing wordnet
  5. 5
    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. transitive

    "Remember to sanitize your query parameters to avoid SQL injection exploits."

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  1. 6
    To remove sensitive or personal data from (a database or file). transitive
  2. 7
    To revise (a document) in order to prevent identification of the sources. transitive

Etymology

From sanitary. By surface analysis, sanity + -ize.

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