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  • noun Agent noun of sanitize; one who sanitizes; a product that provides a sanitized result (e.g. a hand sanitizer).

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Examples

  • People, hand sanitizer is great for those times in between hand washings when you’re caught without a sink, but not as a sub for the real thing!

    Sanitizing and driving don’t mix 2009

  • But the often-snarky British weekly noted: “Needless to say, holding the president’s hand-sanitizer is a far cry from heading a Fortune 500 company.”

    mjh's blog — 2006 — May 2006

  • I needed some sanitizer for some home brew that needed to be put into bottles and this sanitizer is really the best stuff. 2 weeks again, and then since nobody was home (more like they just didn’t knock since my roommate is home on disability with a busted leg, so he cannot really just leave) they made me come pick it up or wait 4 more days.

    Has anyone else… « BuzzMachine 2005

  • A sanitizer is a chemical that kills a certain percentage of specific test bacteria within a specific short time span.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • A sanitizer is a chemical that kills a certain percentage of specific test bacteria within a specific short time span.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • A sanitizer is a chemical that kills a certain percentage of specific test bacteria within a specific short time span.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • A sanitizer is a chemical that kills a certain percentage of specific test bacteria within a specific short time span.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • His character Sheldon, noted for his sizable ego, would be enthused by the adulation, too - provided he had a boundless supply of hand sanitizer, that is.

    canada.com Top Stories 2010

  • His character Sheldon, noted for his sizable ego, would be enthused by the adulation, too - provided he had a boundless supply of hand sanitizer, that is.

    Dose.ca Music briefs 2010

  • Inside the cab of the fire truck, there's even hand sanitizer, which is standard, as this unit's goal is to keep EMT's on the job.

    WVLT - Home - Headlines 2009

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