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sanitizer

noun

  1. one who sanitizes
  2. preparation designed to remove or kill micro-organisms
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈsænɪtaɪzɚ/ / /ˈsænətaɪzɚ/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English sanitize English -er English sanitizer From sanitize + -er.

  1. Agent noun of sanitize; one who sanitizes; a product that provides a sanitized result.

    hand sanitizer

  2. A program to detect errors in code, usually integrated into a compiler.

    memory sanitizer

    Sanitizers have been available for a while with the Clang compiler and were later also introduced into the GCC toolset.