Meanings
nounsanitizer (countable and uncountable, plural sanitizers)
plural sanitizers · alternative sanitiser
- agentcountableuncountableAgent noun of sanitize; one who sanitizes; a product that provides a sanitized result.
hand sanitizer
- countableuncountablecomputingA program to detect errors in code, usually integrated into a compiler.
memory sanitizer
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Sanitizers have been available for a while with the Clang compiler and were later also introduced into the GCC toolset.
2018, Radovan Bast, Roberto Di Remigio, CMake Cookbook: Building, testing, and packaging modular software with modern CMake, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 218
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Polish asenizator
- asenizatorTranslations
Spanish sanitizante, saneante
- sanitizanteTranslations
- saneanteTranslations
- desinfectanteTranslations
- abstergenteTranslations
- higienizanteTranslations
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APA
sanitizer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sanitizer
MLA
“sanitizer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sanitizer. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sanitizer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sanitizer.
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