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  1. sterilize:


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Detailed Synonyms for sterilize in English

sterilize:

to sterilize verb, American (sterilizes, sterilized, sterilizing)

  1. to sterilize
    to sterilize; to sterilise
  2. to sterilize
    – make infertile 1
    to fix; to sterilize; desexualise; unsex; desexualize; desex; sterilise
    – make infertile 1
    • fix verb (fixes, fixed, fixing)
    • sterilize verb, American (sterilizes, sterilized, sterilizing)
      • in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized1
    • desexualise verb, British
    • unsex verb
    • desexualize verb, American
    • desex verb
    • sterilise verb, British
  3. to sterilize
    – make free from bacteria 1
    to sterilize; sterilise
    – make free from bacteria 1

Conjugations for sterilize:

present
  1. sterilize
  2. sterilize
  3. sterilizes
  4. sterilize
  5. sterilize
  6. sterilize
simple past
  1. sterilized
  2. sterilized
  3. sterilized
  4. sterilized
  5. sterilized
  6. sterilized
present perfect
  1. have sterilized
  2. have sterilized
  3. has sterilized
  4. have sterilized
  5. have sterilized
  6. have sterilized
past continuous
  1. was sterilizing
  2. were sterilizing
  3. was sterilizing
  4. were sterilizing
  5. were sterilizing
  6. were sterilizing
future
  1. shall sterilize
  2. will sterilize
  3. will sterilize
  4. shall sterilize
  5. will sterilize
  6. will sterilize
continuous present
  1. am sterilizing
  2. are sterilizing
  3. is sterilizing
  4. are sterilizing
  5. are sterilizing
  6. are sterilizing
subjunctive
  1. be sterilized
  2. be sterilized
  3. be sterilized
  4. be sterilized
  5. be sterilized
  6. be sterilized
diverse
  1. sterilize!
  2. let's sterilize!
  3. sterilized
  4. sterilizing
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Related Words for "sterilize":

  • sterilizing

Alternate Synonyms for "sterilize":


Related Definitions for "sterilize":

  1. make infertile1
    • in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized1
  2. make free from bacteria1