English dictionary

sterilize

/'st/E/r/@/,l/aI/z/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

make free from bacteria

verb.body

Synonyms sterilise

Source: WordNet 3.0
make infertile

verb.body

Examples
In some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized.

Synonyms desex desexualise desexualize fix sterilise unsex

Source: WordNet 3.0
To make sterile or unproductive; to impoverish, as land; to exhaust of fertility.

verb

Source: webster1913