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sterilize
Overview of verb sterilize
The verb sterilize has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) sterilize, sterilise -- (make free from bacteria)
2. sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix -- (make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized")
Grep of noun sterilize
sterilizer
Antonyms of verb sterilize
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sterilize
2 senses of sterilize
Sense 1
sterilize, sterilise
=> disinfect
=> clean, make clean
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 2
sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix
=> operate on, operate
=> treat, care for
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb sterilize
2 senses of sterilize
Sense 1
sterilize, sterilise
=> autoclave
Sense 2
sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix
=> alter, neuter, spay, castrate
=> emasculate, castrate, demasculinize, demasculinise
=> vasectomize, vasectomise
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sterilize
2 senses of sterilize
Sense 1
sterilize, sterilise
=> disinfect
Sense 2
sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix
=> operate on, operate
'Cause To' of verb sterilize
Derived Forms of verb sterilize
2 senses of sterilize
Sense 1
sterilize, sterilise
RELATED TO>(noun) sterilization#2
=> sterilization, sterilisation
RELATED TO>(noun) sterilizer#1
=> autoclave, sterilizer, steriliser
Sense 2
sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix
RELATED TO>(noun) sterilization#1
=> sterilization, sterilisation
Domain of verb sterilize
Domain Terms of verb sterilize
Familiarity of verb sterilize
sterilize used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb sterilize
2 senses of sterilize
Sense 1
sterilize, sterilise
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb sterilize
2 senses of sterilize
Sense 1
sterilize, sterilise
> disinfect
=> sterilize, sterilise
=> antisepticize
=> chlorinate
Sense 2
sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix
> operate on, operate
=> sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix
=> face-lift, lift
=> trephine
=> venesect
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb sterilize
Sense 1
sterilize, sterilise
=> disinfect
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Sense 2
sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix
=> operate on, operate
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Grep of verb sterilize
sterilize
Grep of adj sterilize
sterilized
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