disinfect
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing
disinfect a wound
Types & categories
- clean hypernym
- sterilize hyponym
- antisepticize hyponym
- chlorinate hyponym
Related & opposite
- taint antonym
- disinfection derivation
- disinfectant derivation
- disinfectant derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | taint |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | disinfection |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | disinfectant |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | disinfectant |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | clean |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sterilize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | antisepticize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chlorinate |