germ-destroying
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For the sake of sanitation, the whilom lodger's clothes are put in a net and fumigated in a germ-destroying temperature.
From Garrison's Finish : a romance of the race course by W. B. M. (William Blair Morton) Ferguson
The other blew a mighty cloud of germ-destroying smoke, and shook his head.
From Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion by Ernest G. Henham
To exert an actual germ-destroying effect on the bacterial content of the utensil, resort must be had to boiling or steaming.
From Outlines of dairy bacteriology A concise manual for the use of students in dairying by Edwin George Hastings
