sterilize
Example Sentences
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She’s grateful that she had already secured a second job sterilizing medical equipment for 3,000 pesos a month at a nearby clinic.
A handful of deer in Avalon, Catalina’s only city, will be sterilized and allowed to live out their days on the island.
From Los Angeles Times
She chased away fishermen and was sued for sterilizing a neighbor’s goat.
From Los Angeles Times
Hospitals use it to sterilize medical devices, and some municipalities use low levels to treat public water supplies.
From Salon
Scientists in the 1950s discovered a technique that uses radiation to sterilize male parasitic flies.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
