Sterilize

Word STERILIZE
Character 9
Hyphenation ster il ize
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Sterilize"

What do we mean by sterilize?

To make free from live bacteria or other microorganisms. transitive verb

To eliminate the ability of a person or animal to produce offspring, as by altering or removing the reproductive organs. transitive verb

To make incapable of bearing fruit or germinating. transitive verb

To render (land) unfruitful. transitive verb

To place (gold) in safekeeping so as not to affect the supply of money or credit. transitive verb

To make inoffensive or innocuous. transitive verb

To render sterile or unproductive in any way; specifically, in bacteriology, to render free from living germs, as by heating or otherwise. Also spelled sterilise.

To make sterile or unproductive; to impoverish, as land; to exhaust of fertility. transitive verb

To deprive of the power of reproducing; to render incapable of germination or fecundation; to make sterile. transitive verb

To destroy all spores or germs in (an organic fluid or mixture) or on (a medical instrument), as by heat, so as to prevent contamination by bacteria or other organisms. A common method of sterilization in laboratories and medical facilities is to heat a liquid sample or an instrument in an autoclave. transitive verb

To destroy all spores or germs on (a surface) by wetting with an antiseptic liquid, such as an alcoholic solution. transitive verb

To deprive a male or female the ability to procreate. verb

To make unable to produce. To make unprofitable. verb

To kill, deactivate (denature), or destroy (break apart) all living, viable microorganisms and spores that would be on a surface, in a fluid, or contained in a compound, such as culture media or a medical product. verb

Make free from bacteria verb

Make infertile verb

To deprive of the ability to procreate.

To make unable to produce; to make unprofitable.

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.

To redact (a document), removing classified or sensitive material.

Main Entry: ster·ile 1. Not producing or incapable of producing offspring. 2. a. Not producing or incapable of producing seed, fruit spores, or other reproductive structures. Used of plants or their parts. b. Producing little or no vegetation; unfruitful: sterile land. 3. Free from live bacteria or other microorganisms: a sterile operating area; sterile instruments. 4. Lacking imagination, creativity, or vitality. 5. Lacking the power to function; not productive or effective; fruitless Urban Dictionary

Being free of germs or other microorganisms;Being clean or pure In hospitals, many staff take extra precautions to make sure everything is sterile and clean Urban Dictionary

Having had sexual relations with a slut or unattractive person, no longer making them available to hook up with Urban Dictionary

Like "quarter water," it's those little 25 cent drinks you buy at the bodega/deli/candy store; the logic behind calling a quarter water a sterile is that many believe that the government has created the drink and offers it at such a low price that it is used to sterilize residents in urban neighborhoods. Urban Dictionary

A wonderful thing, lowers the possibility for yucky complications of accidental pregnancy while ensuring that birth control in all it's glowing toxicity is not necessary Urban Dictionary

To become no longer able to make babies. Urban Dictionary

Adj: awesome, sick ill as a verb; sterilize: the act of making something awesome or sick Urban Dictionary

A person named Steve whose lack of interest in women makes him look sterile. Commonly known as "The Sterile". Never try to unsterile The Sterile, that just leads to misconceptions and awkward looks from his roommate. He also thinks he can play the guitar really well and he thinks his voice is like heaven and posts videos of him doing that on YouTube. These videos if seen could prevent him from ever getting a job anywhere because they are so horrendous. -His name does not have to be Steve to because a Sterile Steve- Urban Dictionary

If you are scrubbed into a surgery and it comes to light that you have made a very large mistake in patient management, the attending surgeon may "sterile slap" you. A sterile green towel is placed on your head and the attending slaps you with his hand. This technique maintains the sterile field. Urban Dictionary

A state of not being able to have their own biological children. Alternatives: using test tubes, aboption from a child protection agency, or hire somebody who doesn't shoot blanks and\or are able to conceive. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Sterilize

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The word "sterilize" in example sentences

LUI: General Grange, the word sterilize has been used in the process as they go through the southern parts of Lebanon. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Steel is easy to clean and sterilize, which is invaluable when sharing a toy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The ministry's intervention has in a sense tossed the ball into the central bank's court in that it is now up to the BOJ, the institution in charge of monetary policy, to decide whether to let all the new yen slosh around in the market, or to absorb the newly injected supply and thereby "sterilize" the intervention. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He reiterated that the ECB's monetary policy stance won't be affected by the bond-buying because the ECB will be quick to reabsorb money it has paid to banks, possibly by issuing term deposits to "sterilize" the impact of the announced interventions in the euro-zone debt market. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Normally a central bank would "sterilize" a foreign-exchange intervention, draining from the market the currency sold in the intervention so that overall liquidity reflects the daily supply and demand of the banking system. ❋ Hiroshi Miwa (2010)

However, IMF conditionalities often require recipient governments to 'sterilize' the injection of additional resources so they do not increase the level of demand in the national economy. ❋ Radhika Balakrishnan (2010)

When the ECB began the program in May, it pledged to "sterilize" its purchases of Greek and other debt in Europe's troubled periphery by accepting an equal amount in interest-bearing deposits from banks, so that the total overall money supply would remain unchanged. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In a desperate attempt to save the Euro, the European Central Bank recently bent the rules by buying Greek bonds on the secondary market rather than lending to the Greek government directly, but the ECB has said it would "sterilize" these purchases by withdrawing an equivalent amount of liquidity from the market, making the deal a wash. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Speaking of asses, the bathroom @ our work is busted, so we can't wash our hands unless we walk 1/4 mile to the next-closest one, so now I'm forced to "sterilize" my streaked, shit-wiping-hand with only hand sanitizer. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Friday and to "sterilize" this intervention the ECB will have a tender on Tuesday to drain the liquidity pumped into the system. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Icahn is further asking the court to "sterilize" Rachesky's new shares by not allowing him to vote them in a proxy battle. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The local currency has come under pressure from last September when the central bank began a peg defence cycle of intervening in the foreign exchange markets and simultaneously pumping money into the domestic money markets to 'sterilize' the outflow. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Wait, that's not right; if Astros fans could travel in time there's way better things they could do, such as sterilize Ed Wade's parents and such. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He said his job was to retrieve combat-damaged military vehicles, "sterilize" them and restore them to duty. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Inability to effectively "sterilize" the product and often implantation must occur before testing is complete. ❋ Wrtolbert (2009)

Bernanke's first approach to this challenge was to "sterilize" the new loans from the Fed, basically selling off the Fed's Treasury holdings at the same time that it extended the new loans. ❋ Unknown (2008)

" Did you know that urine is sterile? [Yeah, you] can [drink it]." - [Tyler Durden] ❋ Sedated14 (2006)

The [needles] for [the COVID 19] shot Are [sterile] ❋ Deck The Halls,Falalalalalala (2022)

"[Daaaamn], chris looks good, [i'd hit]!" "Girl what? you can't hook up with him, he's not sterile! He hooked up with sarah last weekend" "Oh [fasho], not tryin to get chlamydia" ❋ Carolizzine (2009)

Don't [drink] them steriles, [son]! ❋ Vee-Dee-Zee (2007)

I don't have to worry about [accidentally] [knocking] my girl up as a result of possibly [mutual] sterility. ❋ P@$$ing Thr.ugh (2010)

[Karen] got Sterilized for not [wearing] [a mask]. ❋ Bakfjeidfjhgjriedfjgnjrkerjfhg (2021)

[dude], [that shit] is sterile! ❋ Benjamizzle (2005)

[What a] Sterile Steve!!! ❋ Loveeeeeeeeeeeeeee (2010)

Jon got sterile slapped by Dr. [Mutumbo] when he found out that he forgot to check [the patient's] blood work before he [scrubbed] in. ❋ Drwmutumbo (2009)

Husband: 'I wish I wasn't philin sterile.' Wife: 'Sigh.......Me too.' Friend: 'There are other ways to have children.' [Husband and Wife]: 'Praise [the Lord]!''Our [prayers] have been answered!' ❋ Pureehc (2009)

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