How to Use disinfect in a Sentence

disinfect

verb
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  • The wound needs to be disinfected.
  • Chemicals were added to disinfect the water.
  • Make sure to wash and disinfect the tick bite right away.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 31 May 2022
  • If yes, clean and disinfect any space the person spent time in.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2021
  • The extra time gives the housekeeping staff the chance to disinfect all the surfaces in the room.
    — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Nov. 2020
  • Pull straight up with steady pressure. Clean and disinfect the area.
    — Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 22 Sep. 2024
  • If your child has been sick, disinfect and clean plush toys as soon as your child is well.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 July 2024
  • When a team leaves a practice floor or weight room, staff will clean and disinfect so the next team can move in.
    — Tim Newcomb, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
  • This spray cools down flushed cheeks, fracks away excess oils, and disinfects the dirty stuff.
    — The Editors Of Gq, GQ, 29 June 2018
  • The school will be closed Friday to allow crews to clean and disinfect the campus.
    — Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2019
  • The gym will be cleared out between games to clean and disinfect the bleachers and benches.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Feb. 2021
  • Read on for more in-depth tips and tricks, as well as guides on how to clean and disinfect phone cases, ports and more.
    — Benjamin Levin, CNN Underscored, 17 Aug. 2020
  • The virus can live for hours on a surface that’s not been disinfected.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Items that can’t be disinfected and dried should be thrown away.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 13 June 2024
  • Then disinfect your hands, the affected skin area and the tweezers.
    — Rachel Trent, CNN, 12 July 2021
  • Clean and disinfect the high-touch areas of the car after driving.
    — Lila MacLellan, Quartz at Work, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Make sure to first wash your hands and disinfect your tools with a 10% bleach solution.
    — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2022
  • Make sure first to wash your hands and disinfect your tools with a 10% bleach solution.
    — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The stalls are disinfected and the contents of the stalls are shoveled out onto the street, Koenen said.
    — Zekriah Chaudhry, Twin Cities, 25 Aug. 2019
  • The community pitches in to disinfect the Crabtree farm, and some of the new calves are saved.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2024
  • The number of cycles required to disinfect a room depends on the size of the space, the company says.
    — Dalvin Brown, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2020
  • These systems push air through buildings, but with the intent to heat or cool, not to disinfect.
    — Jennifer Nuckles, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • The ad used the word disinfected gym and a lot of people responded.
    — Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2020
  • The Purell lady on hand to disinfect their hands got a workout on Monday night.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 14 Jan. 2020
  • The light would also disinfect your skin before your hand touched your face.
    — Karl Linden, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Restaurants and bars have to close between 12 a.m. and 5 a.m. in order to disinfect.
    — Kaitlin Lange, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Nov. 2020
  • The same goes for ski shops, which clean and disinfect all rental equipment before giving it to the next customer.
    — Curtis Tate, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2020
  • One of the cleaning crew members opened the door to the room to disinfect it but closed it after seeing that the room was occupied.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 5 Jan. 2021
  • To reduce the risk of norovirus, people are encouraged to wash their hands, handle and prepare food safely, clean and disinfect surfaces and wash their laundry well.
    — George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Her work has shown, for example, that bleach works pretty well at disinfecting feline virus in the lab, and that the same is true for a mouse norovirus that is often used in these experiments.
    — Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025

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