disinfectant

12 letters · noun · scores 3,800 in SpellHuntr

noun

an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease

adjective

preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms

Disinfectant in a sentence

I washed repeatedly with a disinfectant soap but I still caught the flu.

The scalpels were soaked in disinfectant before the operation so disease wouldn't be spread.

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