What is another word for sterilize?
Synonyms for sterilize
ˈstɛr əˌlaɪz
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Princeton's WordNet
sterilize, sterilise(verb)
make free from bacteria
Synonyms:
fix, desex, unsex, sterilise, desexualize, desexualisesterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix(verb)
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
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "sterilize":
Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #77 | get | |
| #132 | make | |
| #189 | set | |
| #1292 | ready | |
| #1300 | secure | |
| #1666 | repair | |
| #1914 | determine | |
| #2034 | doctor | |
| #2110 | limit | |
| #2233 | define | |
| #2464 | fix | |
| #3139 | cook | |
| #3552 | prepare | |
| #3816 | deposit | |
| #3823 | specify | |
| #5701 | restore | |
| #33156 | mend | |
| #36307 | fasten | |
| #47016 | bushel | |
| #53925 | posit | |
| #59670 | autoclave | |
| #64553 | situate | |
| #84790 | sterilize | |
| #145295 | fixate | |
| #237561 | sterilise |
How to use sterilize in a sentence?
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.
It means at times they don't change gloves or don't use single-use ones or simply they don't use gloves at all, they don't sterilize their equipment, and they don't decontaminate beds, and they don't change sheets.
It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning.
Why do they sterilize the needles for lethal injections?
I've never seen a bill that attempted to sterilize a person, male or female.
Translations for sterilize
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- esterilitzarCatalan, Valencian
- sterilizovatCzech
- sterilisieren, entkeimenGerman
- στειρώνω, αποστειρώνωGreek
- esterilizarSpanish
- steriloidaFinnish
- stériliserFrench
- sterilizálHungarian
- gelda, sótthreinsaIcelandic
- sterilizzareItalian
- 殺菌するJapanese
- 살균하십시요Korean
- sterilizareLatin
- mandulkanMalay
- steriliserenDutch
- esterelizarPortuguese
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