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sterilize::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, unsex |
| Type of | operate on, operate |
| Has types | demasculinize, emasculate, neuter, spay, vasectomise, alter, vasectomize, castrate, demasculinise |
| Derivation | sterilization |
in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized.
Examples of sterilize
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Ban cancer diagnosis and treatment, sterilize poor people, and deport Hispanics.
From the economist.com
They could use maize, but that doesn't sterilize the population, which soya does.
From the independent.co.uk
That's why fisheries officials say they've taken steps to sterilize the saugeyes.
From the dispatch.com
A lower rate also makes it harder to sterilize the money used in SMP purchases.
From the economist.com
Yesterday, his task was to sterilize the operating room, in the middle of surgery.
From the boston.com
Teigen said her office uses up-to-date equipment to sterilize all instruments.
From the orlandosentinel.com
They want to sterilize women because that will help keep the population down.
From the infowars.com
Before dialyzing, she needs to mix the dialyzing solution and sterilize the equipment.
From the online.wsj.com
Those who don't want to sterilize their pets would be assessed a fee of $200 per year.
From the infowars.com
- Make free from bacteria
- Make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"
- (sterilized) made infertile
- (sterilizer) autoclave: a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments
- (sterilization) the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce)
- (sterilization) the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means)
- An autoclave is a pressure chamber used to carry out industrial processes requiring elevated temperature and pressure different from ambient air pressure. Autoclaves are used in medical applications to perform sterilization and in the chemical industry to cure coatings and vulcanize rubber and for hydrothermal synthesis...
- (Sterilization (economics)) Sterilization in macroeconomics refers to open market operations undertaken by a country's central bank (CB) whose aim is to neutralize the impact of associated foreign exchange operations. ...
- (Sterilization (microbiology)) Sterilization (or sterilisation, see spelling differences) is a term referring to any process that eliminates (removes) or kills all forms of life, including transmissible agents (such as fungi, bacteria, viruses, spore forms, etc. ...
