/ˈsanəˌtīz/
verb
1. to make clean and hygienic, to disinfect
[Lisa Casanova, an environmental health scientist at Georgia State University] and other experts...recommend using milder soaps, like dish soap, to easily sanitize a surface indoors and outdoors.
- Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic 2. to make something, such as writing, more acceptable by removing unfavorable parts If we've got the means to get here, we owe it to the country we're visiting not to treat it like an amusement park, sanitized for our comfort. - from Wanderlove, by Kirsten Hubbard (1966 - )