Antonyms for sterilize

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ster-uh-lahyz

Phonetic Transcription : ˈstɛr əˌlaɪz

Definition of sterilize

Origin : "destroy the fertility of," 1690s (in reference to soil), from sterile + -ize; of living things from 1828. Meaning "render free of microorganisms" is from 1878. Related: Sterilized; sterilizing.

verb make clean or unproductive

Example sentences :

Sterilize: to destroy all the germs or spores in or on anything.
Extract from : « Agriculture for Beginners » by Charles William Burkett

In the field it is sometimes necessary to sterilize or filter water.
Extract from : « Manual of Military Training » by James A. Moss

The mother should sterilize the wound as thoroughly as possible.
Extract from : « The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) » by Grant Hague

Some ligations and short resections have failed to sterilize.
Extract from : « The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation » by Austin O'Malley

Then sterilize your cans, and you won't have a bit of trouble.
Extract from : « Living on a Little » by Caroline French Benton

The freezing of water in pond and river does not purify or sterilize it.
Extract from : « Foods and Household Management » by Helen Kinne

And so we have this day to hunt out all his lairs and sterilize them.
Extract from : « Dracula » by Bram Stoker

Already all of his lairs but one be sterilize as for him; and before the sunset this shall be so.
Extract from : « Dracula » by Bram Stoker

It is curious how the sea seems to sterilize the emotions in some natures.
Extract from : « Aliens » by William McFee

So vast is the sea and so self-recuperating that man cannot sterilize it.
Extract from : « The Holy Earth » by L. H. Bailey

Synonyms for sterilize

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