Synonyms for sterilize
ˈstɛr əˌlaɪzster·il·ize

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1. sterilize, steriliseverb

   make free from bacteria

   Synonyms:
   fix, desex, unsex, sterilise, desexualize, desexualise

2. sterilize, 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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1. • Disinfect

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1. List of paraphrases for "sterilize":

   autoclave

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1. Fabrice:

   Why do they sterilize the needles for lethal injections?

2. F Scott:

   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.

3. Ron Hood:

   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.

4. Salvador Dalí:

   It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning.

5. Vanna Bonta:

   As the author of a work, I don't relinquish author-ity to just any critic, particularly not to people whose work I've not read or don't respect; those biased by envy are the least relevant, and grounded grammarians who strangle or sterilize under a banner of superiority are a close second.