1. sterilize - verb
· make free from bacteria
Synonym(s): sterilise
Hypernym(s): disinfect
2. sterilize - verb
· make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"
Synonym(s): sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix
Hypernym(s): operate_on, operate
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