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sterilize
('st/E/r/@/,l/aI/z )

verb (v)

  • make free from bacteria(verb.body)
    Synonym:
    sterilise
    source: wordnet30
  • make infertile(verb.body)
    Example:
    In some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized.
    source: wordnet30
  • To make sterile or unproductive; to impoverish, as land; to exhaust of fertility.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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