[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

disinfect \dis`infect"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. disinfected; p.
   pr.  vb. n. disinfecting.
   to free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy
   putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous.
   1913 webster

         when the infectious matter and the infectious matter
         and the odoriferous matter are one . . . then to
         deodorize is to disinfect.               --ure.
   1913 webster
see also:
disinfected disinfecting 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

disinfect
     v : destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing; "disinfect
         a wound" ant: infect
see also:
infect 

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