You boil water to kill all the microbes in it.
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Microbes
Synonyms for "microbes" (87 found)
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What's the difference between microbes and bacteria?
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Sentences on Tatoeba are like microbes. There are useful ones, but there are also harmful ones.
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Dentists recommend changing toothbrushes every three months, because over time their bristles become worse at getting rid of plaque, and accumulate microbes.
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