STERILIZE


Meaning of STERILIZE in English

transitive verb (-ized; -izing) Date: 1695 to make sterile: as, to cause (land) to become unfruitful, b. to deprive of the power of reproducing , to make incapable of germination, to make powerless or useless usually by restraining from a normal function, relation, or participation, to free from living microorganisms, sterilization noun ~r noun

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