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. 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.

2. Jim Hill:

   I've never seen a bill that attempted to sterilize a person, male or female.

3. Fabrice:

   Why do they sterilize the needles for lethal injections?

4. 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.

5. F. Scott Fitzgerald:

   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.