sterilize, v.
(sterilized, sterilizes, sterilizing)
freq. cnt. 2
(sterilized, sterilizes, sterilizing)
freq. cnt. 2
make free from bacteria
<verb.body> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
sterilise sterilize
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
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make infertile
<verb.body> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
desex desexualise desexualize fix sterilise sterilize unsex
sample sentences
"in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyverb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyverb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyverb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyverb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyverb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyverb frames
Somebody ----s somebody
lexical pointers
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lexical pointers
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lexical pointers
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semantic pointers
hyponym
alter, neuter, spay, castrate
emasculate, castrate, demasculinize, demasculinise
vasectomize, vasectomise
hypernym