sterilize

Example Sentences

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So there he was on a gray February day at Harborview Medical Center, unconscious under anesthesia and sheathed under blue sterilized drapes.

From Seattle Times

Peg wanted the pair to divorce, and Loretta wanted them to be sterilized.

From New York Times

A spokesperson from the global risk management firm Crisis24 said that their team also recommends consuming only sterilized or bottled water, as well as sealed beverages without ice.

From Washington Post

Sterilization reparations: About 600 people alive today can’t have children because California’s government sterilized them either against their will or without their knowledge.

From New York Times

No group claimed responsibility for the attack but Islamic militants often target polio teams and police protecting them, falsely claiming the vaccination campaigns are a Western conspiracy to sterilize children.

From Seattle Times