sterilize
[verb]
Synonyms: disinfect, fumigate, purify

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Related Words: emasculate, caponize, poulardize, spay

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ster‧il‧ize (also sterilise British English) /ˈsterəlaɪz, ˈsterɪlaɪz/ verb [transitive]

1. to make something completely clean by killing any bacteria in it:
Sterilize the bottles with boiling water.
sterilized milk
sterilizing solution

2. if a person or animal is sterilized, they have an operation to stop them producing babies
—sterilizer noun [countable]:
an electric sterilizer
—sterilization /ˌsterəlaɪˈzeɪʃən, ˌsterɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -lə-/ noun [uncountable and countable]

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