1. Make free from bacteria
   - sterilise [Brit] 
2. Make infertile
   "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"
   - sterilise [Brit], desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise [Brit], fix

Derived forms: sterilized, sterilizing, sterilizes

See also: sterilization, sterilizer

Type of: disinfect, operate, operate on

Encyclopedia: Sterilize

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