sterilize

Verb

Meaning

To make sterile or unproductive; to impoverish, as land; to exhaust of fertility.

To deprive of the power of reproducing; to render incapable of germination or fecundation; to make sterile.

To destroy all spores or germs in (an organic fluid or mixture), as by heat, so as to prevent the development of bacterial or other organisms.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fix sterilise unsex desexualize desex desexualise doctor spay change clear filter treat clean alter sweep
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Antonyms

sully extend cloud poison corrupt alloy
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Hypernyms

operate disinfect operate on

Hyponyms

spay alter neuter autoclave castrate emasculate

Related terms

sterile sterilization

Phrases with the word

sterilize animal sterilize with smoke

Derivatives

sterilized sterilizing

Anagrams

Listerize

Examples

in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized Source: Internet

After the protagonists discover and sterilize 49 boxes found throughout his lairs in London, they learn that Dracula has fled with the missing 50th box back to his castle in Transylvania. Source: Internet

And they were using it as a spray down mechanism to basically sterilize the areas for this virus situation. Source: Internet

And of course we wipe down and sterilize the carts between every use.” Source: Internet

Another variation involves the preparation of the cream with eggs heated to sterilize it, but not so much that the eggs scramble. Source: Internet

A five-minute drive delivers them to the Beverly Hills clinic where Dr. Paul Turek is waiting, ready to sterilize them. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sterilizable sterilizated sterilization sterilize animal sterilize with smoke sterilized