Sterilize - English meaning

verb

Change in character or composition, typically in a comparatively small but significant way.

Usage examples:

Eliot was persuaded to alter the passage

verb

To change a characteristic, often slightly, or to cause this to happen

Usage examples:

[ t ] the coat was too long, so i took it back to the store to have it altered., some things in lif…

verb

To change the appearance, character, or structure of something, or to be changed in this way

Usage examples:

Just last week, the company agreed to alter some of its business practices., if they want to contin…

noun

A strong heated container used for chemical reactions and other processes using high pressures and temperatures, e.g. steam sterilization.

Usage examples:

This sterilization is considered effective to kill all the germs and viruses of the guy before you …

verb

Heat (something) in an autoclave.

Usage examples:

This follows recent advice that dental equipment be autoclaved after consultations

noun

A piece of equipment that uses steam at high pressure to clean and remove all bacteria from objects used in medical operations and other equipment

Usage examples:

The hospital sterilizes all surgical equipment in an autoclave., licensed tattoo parlours must ster…

verb

Remove the testicles of (a male animal or man).

Usage examples:

Male calves were castrated either at birth, at time of initial vaccination, or at weaning.

noun

A man or male animal whose testicles have been removed.

Usage examples:

Young human castrates, or eunuchs

verb

To remove the testicles (= organs that produce sperm) of a male animal

adjective

Free from dirt, marks, or stains.

Usage examples:

The room was spotlessly clean

adverb

So as to be free from dirt, marks, or unwanted matter.

Usage examples:

The room had been washed clean

verb

Make clean; remove dirt, marks, or stains from.

Usage examples:

Clean your teeth properly after meals

verb

Make (something, especially the skin) thoroughly clean.

Usage examples:

This preparation will cleanse and tighten the skin

noun

A process or period of time during which a person attempts to rid the body of substances regarded as toxic or unhealthy, typically by consuming only water or other liquids.

Usage examples:

You can consume the broth three times a day for a cleanse

verb

To remove all the dirt or harmful substances from something

Usage examples:

Thoroughly cleanse the wound and the area around it.

verb

Make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object.

Usage examples:

He cut his toe on a sharp stone

noun

A stroke or blow given by a sharp-edged implement or by a whip or cane.

Usage examples:

He could skin an animal with a single cut of the knife

verb

Separate with or as if with an instrument

verb

Neutralize or remove dangerous substances, radioactivity, or germs from (an area, object, or person).

Usage examples:

They tried to decontaminate nearby villages

verb

To remove dangerous substances from something

Usage examples:

Estimates of the amount of money needed to decontaminate the heavily polluted chemical installation…

verb

Clean (something), especially with a chemical, in order to destroy bacteria.

Usage examples:

He disinfected and dressed the cut on his forehead

verb

To clean by using chemicals to kill bacteria that cause disease

verb

To clean something using chemicals that kill bacteria and other very small living things that cause disease

Usage examples:

Disinfect the toilets/a wound

noun

A person who is qualified to treat people who are ill.

Usage examples:

Doctor thornhill

verb

Change the content or appearance of (a document or picture) in order to deceive; falsify.

Usage examples:

The reports could have been doctored

noun

A person with a medical degree whose job is to treat people who are ill or injured

Usage examples:

This health plan lets you choose your own doctor., he claimed the photo had been doctored.

verb

Deprive (a man) of his male role or identity.

Usage examples:

In his mind, her success emasculated him

verb

To reduce the effectiveness of something

Usage examples:

They were accused of trying to emasculate the report's recommendations., but another man in his for…

verb

To make a man feel less male by taking away his power and confidence

Usage examples:

But another man in his forties, whose in-laws are rich, finds it hard to accept gifts from them: "i…

verb

Fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position.

Usage examples:

They had candles fixed to their helmets

noun

A difficult or awkward situation from which it is hard to extricate oneself; a predicament.

Usage examples:

How on earth did you get into such a fix?

verb

Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

verb

Disinfect or purify (an area) with the fumes of certain chemicals.

Usage examples:

We got sulphur candles to fumigate the house

verb

To remove harmful insects, bacteria, or disease, using chemical gas or smoke

Usage examples:

[ t ] we had to fumigate the house to get rid of cockroaches.

verb

Castrate (a male animal).

Usage examples:

Mules and hinnies are virtually always sterile, but male mules should be gelded to keep them tracta…

verb

To remove the testicles of a male horse or similar animal

verb

Perform a hysterectomy on (a woman).

Usage examples:

Ten per cent of the hysterectomized patients needed chemotherapy

adjective

Of or denoting a gender of nouns in some languages, typically contrasting with masculine and feminine or common.

Usage examples:

The spirit is a neuter word in greek

noun

A neuter word.

Usage examples:

That would account for someone deciding that the plural ending was i, not realizing that this was t…

verb

Castrate or spay (a domestic animal).

Usage examples:

All pit bulls must be registered and neutered

verb

To perform oophorectomy on.

verb

Perform surgical removal of one or both ovaries on (a woman or female animal).

Usage examples:

We did not ovariectomize the test animals

verb

Subject (milk, wine, or other products) to a process of partial sterilization, especially one involving heat treatment or irradiation, thus making the product safe for consumption and improving its keeping quality.

Usage examples:

Dairies were now required by law to pasteurize milk

verb

To heat something, esp. milk, at a high temperature for a fixed period of time in order to kill bacteria

Usage examples:

Ultra-high temperature pasteurization

verb

Remove contaminants from.

Usage examples:

The filtration plant is able to purify 70 tons of water a day

verb

To rid something of dirty or harmful substances

Usage examples:

Flower growers here are required to purify all their runoff water.

verb

Make clean and hygienic; disinfect.

Usage examples:

New chemicals for sanitizing a pool

verb

To make something completely clean

Usage examples:

The majority of public swimming pools are sanitized with chlorine., the new text sanitizes early am…

verb

Sterilize (a female animal) by removing the ovaries.

Usage examples:

The animals must be spayed or neutered before they are given up for adoption

verb

To remove the organs that produce eggs from an animal

verb

Perform a vasectomy on.

Usage examples:

When a bull is too young he is difficult to vasectomize