sterilize (redirected from sterilising)

ster·il·ize  (str-lz)

tr.v. ster·il·ized, ster·il·iz·ing, ster·il·iz·es

1. To make free from live bacteria or other microorganisms.

2. To deprive (a person or an animal) of the ability to produce offspring, as by removing the reproductive organs.

3.

a. To make incapable of bearing fruit or germinating.

b. To render (land) unfruitful.

4. Economics To place (gold) in safekeeping so as not to affect the supply of money or credit.

5. To make inoffensive or innocuous: sterilized the terminology with euphemisms.

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steril·izer n.

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sterilize, sterilise [ˈstɛrɪˌlaɪz]

vb

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) (tr) to render sterile; make infertile or barren

sterilizable , sterilisable adj

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1. In naval mine warfare, to permanently render a mine incapable of firing by means of a device (e.g., sterilizer) within the mine.
2. (DOD only) To remove from material to be used in covert and clandestine operations, marks or devices which can identify it as emanating from the sponsoring nation or organization.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	sterilize - make free from bacteria sterilise autoclave - subject to the action of an autoclave disinfect - destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing; "disinfect a wound"
	2.	sterilize - make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized" desex, desexualise, desexualize, sterilise, unsex, fix neuter, spay, castrate, alter - remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?" demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate, castrate - remove the testicles of a male animal vasectomise, vasectomize - remove the vas deferens; "many men choose to be vasectomized as a form of safe birth control" operate on, operate - perform surgery on; "The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life"

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sterilize

verb

1. disinfect, clean, purify, fumigate, decontaminate, autoclave, sanitize Sulphur is also used to sterilize equipment.

2. make infertile, hysterectomize, vasectomize Just after a birth may seem a logical time to be sterilized.

Translations

sterilize [ˈsterɪlaɪz] VT (gen) → esterilizar

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sterilize [ˈstɛrɪlaɪz] sterilise (British) vt

[+ equipment, medical instruments, water, milk] → stériliser

[+ person, animal] → stériliser

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sterilize

vt person, instruments → sterilisieren

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sterilize [ˈstɛrɪˌlaɪz] vt → sterilizzare

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sterilize [ˈstɛrɪˌlaɪz] vt → sterilizzare

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sterilize → يُعَقِم sterilizovat sterilisere sterilisieren αποστειρώνω esterilizar sterilisoida stériliser sterilizirati sterilizzare 滅菌する 살균하다 steriliseren sterilisere wysterylizować esterilizar стерилизовать sterilisera ทำให้ปราศจากเชื้อ sterilize etmek khử trùng 消毒