What is another word for sterilize?
Synonyms for sterilize
ˈstɛr əˌlaɪzster·il·ize
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Princeton's WordNet
sterilize, steriliseverb
make free from bacteria
Synonyms:
fix, desex, unsex, sterilise, desexualize, desexualisesterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fixverb
make infertile
"in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"
Synonyms:
furbish up, desexualise, ready, prepare, get, set up, cook, make, secure, sterilise, gear up, mend, unsex, fasten, determine, bushel, desexualize, define, specify, desex, fixate, deposit, touch on, repair, pay back, posit, situate, limit, restore, set, fix, pay off, doctor
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List of paraphrases for "sterilize":
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#77 | get | |
#132 | make | |
#189 | set | |
#1292 | ready | |
#1300 | secure | |
#1666 | repair | |
#1914 | determine | |
#2034 | doctor | |
#2110 | limit | |
#2233 | define | |
#2464 | fix | |
#3139 | cook | |
#3552 | prepare | |
#3816 | deposit | |
#3823 | specify | |
#5701 | restore | |
#33156 | mend | |
#36307 | fasten | |
#47016 | bushel | |
#53925 | posit | |
#59670 | autoclave | |
#64553 | situate | |
#84790 | sterilize | |
#145295 | fixate | |
#237561 | sterilise |
How to use sterilize in a sentence?
Why do they sterilize the needles for lethal injections?
What we are concerned about here is that Ohio's most vulnerable children are being subjected to experimental, unproven and expensive treatments and surgeries, this bill is dealing with children under 18, who would be subjected to these procedures which are irreversible, and these decisions are obviously being made by children. The best suicide prevention is to cure and guide, not to sterilize.
Heat is going to make the bacteria grow. It’s not hot enough to sterilize them, it’s really the washing with soap and water (that you need) — and with hot water, especially, because it’s going to help loosen that dirt and sebum and really get rid of bacteria.
It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning.
Either you think -- or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.
Translations for sterilize
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- esterilitzarCatalan, Valencian
- sterilizovatCzech
- entkeimen, sterilisierenGerman
- αποστειρώνω, στειρώνωGreek
- esterilizarSpanish
- steriloidaFinnish
- stériliserFrench
- sterilizálHungarian
- gelda, sótthreinsaIcelandic
- sterilizzareItalian
- 殺菌するJapanese
- 살균하십시요Korean
- sterilizareLatin
- mandulkanMalay
- steriliserenDutch
- esterelizarPortuguese
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