sterilize
🇺🇸
/ˈsterəlaɪz/
🇬🇧
/ˈsterəlaɪz/
verb
R
to clean something completely by removing all bacteria or viruses
The doctor sterilized the medical instruments before surgery.
R
to make someone or an animal unable to have children by removing or blocking their reproductive organs
The cat was sterilized to control the pet population.
translation
to clean something completely by removing all bacteria or viruses; to make someone or an animal unable to have children by removing or blocking their reproductive organs
Word Forms
3rd Present
sterilizes
Past
sterilized
Perfect
sterilized
Progressive
sterilizing