Hospitals routinely sterilize their equipment for safety.
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Sterilize
//ˈstɛɹɪlaɪz//
Synonyms for "sterilize" (42 found)
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9 entriesTranslations
50 translations across 26 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- обеззаразявам verb ((biology) to destroy all spores or germs)
- стерилизирам verb ((biology) to destroy all spores or germs)
Catalan
2 entries- esterilitzar verb (disable ability to procreate)
- esterilitzar verb ((biology) to destroy all spores or germs)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 消毒 verb ((biology) to destroy all spores or germs)
Czech
2 entries- sterilizovat verb (disable ability to procreate)
- sterilizovat verb ((biology) to destroy all spores or germs)
Dutch
1 entries- steriliseren verb (disable ability to procreate)
Finnish
3 entries- steriloida verb (disable ability to procreate)
- steriloida verb (make unable to produce; make unprofitable)
- steriloida verb ((biology) to destroy all spores or germs)
French
2 entries- stériliser verb (disable ability to procreate)
- stériliser verb ((biology) to destroy all spores or germs)
Galician
2 entries- esterilizar verb (disable ability to procreate)
- esterilizar verb ((biology) to destroy all spores or germs)
German
4 entries- entkeimen verb ((biology) to destroy all spores or germs)
- kastrieren verb (disable ability to procreate)
- sterilisieren verb (disable ability to procreate)
- sterilisieren verb ((biology) to destroy all spores or germs)
Greek
2 entries- αποστειρώνω verb ((biology) to destroy all spores or germs)
- στειρώνω verb (disable ability to procreate)
Hebrew
1 entries- חיטא \ חִטֵּא verb ((biology) to destroy all spores or germs)
Hungarian
4 entries- csíramentesít verb ((biology) to destroy all spores or germs)
- fertőtlenít verb ((biology) to destroy all spores or germs)
- sterilizál verb (disable ability to procreate)
- sterilizál verb ((biology) to destroy all spores or germs)
Icelandic
2 entries- gelda verb (disable ability to procreate)
- sótthreinsa verb ((biology) to destroy all spores or germs)
Irish
2 entries- aimridigh verb (disable ability to procreate)
- steiriligh verb ((biology) to destroy all spores or germs)
Italian
1 entries- sterilizzare verb (disable ability to procreate)
Japanese
1 entries- 殺菌する verb ((biology) to destroy all spores or germs)
Korean
1 entries- 살균하다 verb ((biology) to destroy all spores or germs)
Latin
1 entries- sterilizare verb (disable ability to procreate)
Malay
1 entries- mandulkan verb (disable ability to procreate)
Māori
1 entries- whakamūhore verb (disable ability to procreate)
Polish
2 entries- sterylizować verb (disable ability to procreate)
- sterylizować verb ((biology) to destroy all spores or germs)
Portuguese
2 entries- esterilizar verb (disable ability to procreate)
- esterilizar verb ((biology) to destroy all spores or germs)
Russian
4 entries- простерилизова́ть verb (disable ability to procreate)
- простерилизова́ть verb ((biology) to destroy all spores or germs)
- стерилизова́ть verb (disable ability to procreate)
- стерилизова́ть verb ((biology) to destroy all spores or germs)
Spanish
2 entries- esterilizar verb (disable ability to procreate)
- esterilizar verb ((biology) to destroy all spores or germs)
Swedish
1 entries- sterilisera verb (disable ability to procreate)
Vietnamese
3 entries- khử trùng verb ((biology) to destroy all spores or germs)
- tiệt trùng verb ((biology) to destroy all spores or germs)
- triệt sản verb (disable ability to procreate)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
I sterilize with utmost care.
Source: tatoeba (10122467)
This drug will likely sterilize Rima.
Source: tatoeba (11451788)
By using a common bacteria, scientists have figured out a way to potentially sterilize disease-carrying mosquitoes. That could make it possible to control the mosquito that spreads Zika and Dengue.
Source: tatoeba (12256634)
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