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Sterilize

To deprive of the ability to procreate.

📖 Definitions of "Sterilize"

verb

1
To deprive of the ability to procreate.
2
To make unable to produce; to make unprofitable.
3
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.
4
To redact (a document), removing classified or sensitive material.

🔄 Synonyms of "Sterilize"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
fixverb	(transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
unsexverb	(transitive) To deprive of sexual attributes or characteristics.
desexualizeverb	(transitive) To divest of sexual attributes; to render conceptually asexual.
desexverb	(transitive) To remove another's sexual characteristics or functions, often via physical sterilization.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Sterilize"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
fixverb	(transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
desexverb	(transitive) To remove another's sexual characteristics or functions, often via physical sterilization.
desexualizeverb	(transitive) To divest of sexual attributes; to render conceptually asexual.
unsexverb	(transitive) To deprive of sexual attributes or characteristics.
disinfectionnoun	Treatment with disinfectant materials in order to destroy harmful microorganisms.
disinfectverb	To sterilize by the use of cleaning agent.
autoclaveverb	(transitive) To sterilize laboratory equipment in an autoclave.
coolverb	(intransitive, literally) To lose heat, to get colder.
filterverb	(transitive) To sort, sift, or isolate.
steriliseverb	(British and Commonwealth) Alternative spelling of sterilize. [(transitive) To deprive of the ability to procreate.]
desterilizeverb	(transitive) To contaminate (medical equipment, etc.) so that it is no longer sterile.
defertilizeverb	(transitive) To make no longer fertile.
degenitalizeverb	(transitive) To deprive of its genitalic nature; to deemphasize the genitals of.
devirilizeverb	(transitive) To take away the virility of; to emasculate.
asepticizeverb	(transitive) To render aseptic; to sterilize; to cleanse of pathogenic materials.
unbreedverb	To undo breeding or its effects.
emasculateverb	(transitive) To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
unbe	(intransitive, rare, poetic) To lack being; to be nonexistent.
devirginizeverb	(transitive) To cause no longer to be a virgin; to deflower.
castratenoun	A castrated man; a eunuch.