sterilise in English

verb

1

make (something) free from bacteria or other living microorganisms.

babies' feeding equipment can be cleaned and sterilized

synonyms: disinfect, fumigate, decontaminate, sanitize, pasteurize, clean, cleanse, purify, autoclave

2

deprive (a person or animal) of the ability to produce offspring, typically by removing or blocking the sex organs.

The gynaecologist still did not feel that he would be acting in her best interests by sterilising her and decided to seek a second opinion about whether the operation was appropriate.

synonyms: make unable to have children, make infertile, hysterectomize, vasectomize, have one's tubes tied, have a tubal ligation, have a salpingectomy, neuter, castrate, spay, geld, cut, fix, desex, alter, doctor

verb

disinfect, fumigate, decontaminate, sanitize, pasteurize, clean, cleanse, purify, autoclave
make unable to have children, make infertile, hysterectomize, vasectomize, have one's tubes tied, have a tubal ligation, have a salpingectomy
neuter, castrate, spay, geld, cut, fix, desex, alter, doctor
desexualise, fix, desexualize, unsex, desex

Use "sterilise" in a sentence

1. We need to sterilise it.

2. Overeffusiveness Beflowering conductivities carpets sterilise Duffau Premonstrant pineweed capsa

3. Synonyms for Antiseptize include decontaminate, purify, sanitise, sanitize, sterilise, sterilize, disinfect, clean, cleanse and fumigate

4. 16 The machine uses minute quantities of ozone to sterilise and deodorise refrigerated food vehicles.

5. Synonyms for Castrate include emasculate, neuter, geld, unman, caponize, cut, desex, eunuchize, fix and sterilise

6. Antonyms for Contaminate include purify, deContaminate, clean, cleanse, disinfect, sterilise, sterilize, aid, assist and clear

7. This makes Antibiotics subtly different from the other main kinds of antimicrobials widely used today: Antiseptics are used to sterilise surfaces of living tissue when the risk of …

8. Aquarists might want to sterilise the live rock or coral frags, but many of the obvious ways of doing it will increase the likelihood of the toxin becoming airborne.

9. The ECB will this week seek to reabsorb the equivalent amount of liquidity from the eurozone financial system in an attempt to "sterilise" any inflation impact.

10. Castrate: 1 v remove the testicles of a male animal Synonyms: demasculinise , demasculinize , emasculate Types: caponise , caponize convert a cock into a capon cut , geld cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses) Type of: desex , desexualise , desexualize , fix , sterilise , sterilize , unsex make infertile v remove the ovaries of