Sterilize

(verb.) make infertile; 'in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized'.

(verb.) make free from bacteria.

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• The cans are then removed, the vent hole closed by a drop of solder, and the goods thus hermetically sealed in a cooked or sterilized condition will keep for a long period of time. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• During the process of filtration the chicle is also sterilized, and comes from the machine as pure as distilled water. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• To the physician electric stoves are valuable, since his instruments can be sterilized in water heated by the stove; and that without fuel or odor of gas. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Material infected with the microbe is then placed in the test-tube by a sterilized platinum wire and the tube closed by raw cotton. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• An ordinary test-tube is supplied with some of the culture medium, and is then sterilized over the fire to destroy all interfering germs. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Physicians who perform operations wash not only their hands, but their instruments, sterilizing the latter by placing them in boiling water for several minutes. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.

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