antiseptic
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(a) thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms
- doctors in antiseptic green coats
- the antiseptic effect of alcohol
- it is said that marjoram has antiseptic qualities
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(s) clean and honest
- antiseptic financial practices
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(s) freeing from error or corruption
- the antiseptic effect of sturdy criticism
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(s) devoid of objectionable language
- lyrics as antiseptic as Sunday School
Nouns
- (n) a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues