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What does sterilize mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word sterilize? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To deprive of the ability to procreate.
  2. To make unable to produce; to make unprofitable.
  3. (biology) To kill, deactivate (denature), or destroy (break apart) all living, viable microorganisms and spores on a surface, in a fluid, or contained in a compound, such as culture media or a medical product.
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I have to please her, or she'll kill me or sterilize me or do something to keep me from breeding.
This chemical is used to make other chemicals and is also widely used in the health care industry to sterilize medical devices.
Farmers are required to sterilize all the hencoops, breeding farms and bird flu-prone areas at least three times a week.
The dentures can be soaked in any solution used to sterilize baby's bottles.
Would it coincide with our ethics to sterilize all criminals in order to stop crime and violence for good?
Machines would be used only to sterilize and purify water that has already been cycled through the artificial biosphere.

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