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sterilize definition and meaning

v. t. To make sterile or unproductive; to impoverish, as land; to exhaust of fertility.
v. t. To deprive of the power of reproducing; to render incapable of germination or fecundation; to make sterile.
v. t. To destroy all spores or germs in (an organic fluid or mixture), as by heat, so as to prevent the development of bacterial or other organisms.