sterilize

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Verb sterilize has 2 senses

sterilize, sterilise - make free from bacteria
--₁ is one way to disinfect

Derived forms: noun sterilization₂, noun sterilizer₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix - make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disbilites are sterilized"
--₂ is one way to operate on, operate

Derived form: noun sterilization₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

sterileness sterilisation sterilise sterilised steriliser sterilising sterility sterilization sterilize sterilized sterilizer stering steriod steriotype sterksel sterlin sterling

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