Definition of "anonymize" []

• To render anonymous; especially to remove data that would establish the identity of a person (verb)

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• "The program could collect domestic data but would "anonymize" names and other identifying information with encryption codes until evidence was gathered to justify a warrant so that names could be revealed."
• "For today's edition of the NPR News program "Day to Day," I filed a report on Google's announcement that it will "anonymize" some search-related user data by stripping IP addresses from records after 18 to 24 months."
• "Recently, more people in my real life have discovered the blog, and man, I wish I would have named myself Kate (because that's always what I wanted my name to be, anyway) and I could have called N something riotous and unfathomable (Dolan, knowing me and the way I "anonymize" names here) -- and I would have been fine."