disinfectant
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /dɪs.ɪnˈfɛktənt/
disinfectant (not comparable)
- Serving to kill germs or viruses.
- I washed repeatedly with a disinfectant soap but I still caught the flu.
disinfectant (plural disinfectants)
- A substance that kills germs and/or viruses.
- The scalpels were soaked in disinfectant before the operation so disease wouldn't be spread.
- French: désinfectant
- German: Desinfektionsmittel
- Italian: disinfettante
- Portuguese: desinfetante
- Russian: дезинфици́рующее сре́дство
- Spanish: desinfectante
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