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Meaning of 'sterilize' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sterilize [ v. t.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'sterilize' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . sterilize [ v]
Meaning (1):
- make infertile
Example in sentence:
  • in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized

Nearby Words:

stead steadfast steadfastly steadfastness steadied steadily steadiness steading steady steadying

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