Disinfectant Synonyms

dĭsĭn-fĕktənt
An agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. germicide
  2. antimicrobic
  3. decontaminator
  4. antimicrobial
  5. sanitizer
Preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. bactericidal
  2. germicidal

Words Related to Disinfectant

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. Ark-Klens
  2. insecticide
  3. detergent
  4. sterilant
  5. oo-cide
  6. betadine
  7. bactericide
  8. sodium-hypochlorite
  9. permethrin
  10. Hyperox
  11. virucidal
  12. virkon
  13. sanitisers
  14. biocide

Disinfectant Sentence Examples

  • The faint smell of disinfectant soap was washed away by expensive cologne.

  • A solution of the crude salt is used as a disinfectant under the name of "Condy's fluid."

  • When sulphur is burned in air or oxygen, sulphur dioxide is produced, which is a powerful disinfectant, used to fumigate rooms which have been occupied by persons suffering from some infectious disease.

  • Its principal action is as an antiseptic and disinfectant.

  • Corrosive sublimate in an acid solution is the best disinfectant, but sulphuric acid, 1 in 250, is efficient and cheaper.

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