"sterilize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈstɛrɪlʌɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sterilize.wav [Southern-England] Forms: sterilizes [present, singular, third-person], sterilizing [participle, present], sterilized [participle, past], sterilized [past]
Etymology: sterile + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sterile|ize}} sterile + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} sterilize (third-person singular simple present sterilizes, present participle sterilizing, simple past and past participle sterilized)
  1. (transitive) To deprive of the ability to procreate. Tags: transitive Translations (disable ability to procreate): esterilitzar (Catalan), sterilizovat (Czech), steriliseren (Dutch), steriloida (Finnish), stériliser (French), esterilizar (Galician), sterilisieren (German), kastrieren (German), στειρώνω (steiróno) (Greek), sterilizál (Hungarian), gelda (Icelandic), aimridigh (Irish), sterilizzare (Italian), sterilizare (Latin), mandulkan (Malay), whakamūhore (Maori), sterylizować (Polish), esterilizar (Portuguese), стерилизова́ть (sterilizovátʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), простерилизова́ть (prosterilizovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), esterilizar (Spanish), sterilisera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sterilize-en-verb-hy8fCZXZ Disambiguation of 'disable ability to procreate': 88 4 6 2
  2. (transitive) To make unable to produce; to make unprofitable. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Hygiene Translations (make unable to produce; make unprofitable): steriloida (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-sterilize-en-verb-q3LWgan4 Disambiguation of Hygiene: 14 52 7 27 Disambiguation of 'make unable to produce; make unprofitable': 2 90 6 2
  3. (transitive, biology) To kill, deactivate (denature), or destroy (break apart) all living, viable microorganisms and spores on a surface, in a fluid, or contained in a compound, such as culture media or a medical product. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Biology Translations ((biology) to destroy all spores or germs): обеззаразявам (obezzarazjavam) (Bulgarian), стерилизирам (steriliziram) (Bulgarian), esterilitzar (Catalan), 消毒 (xiāodú) (Chinese Mandarin), sterilizovat (Czech), steriloida (Finnish), stériliser (French), esterilizar (Galician), sterilisieren (German), entkeimen (German), αποστειρώνω (aposteiróno) (Greek), חיטא \ חִטֵּא (khité) (Hebrew), sterilizál (Hungarian), fertőtlenít (Hungarian), csíramentesít (Hungarian), sótthreinsa (Icelandic), steiriligh (Irish), 殺菌する (sakkin suru) (alt: さっきんする) (Japanese), 살균하다 (salgyunhada) (Korean), sterylizować (Polish), esterilizar (Portuguese), стерилизова́ть (sterilizovátʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), простерилизова́ть (prosterilizovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), esterilizar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sterilize-en-verb-I1HIJySW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 35 47 9 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 10 27 55 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 22 25 42 11 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of '(biology) to destroy all spores or germs': 3 7 85 5
  4. (transitive) To redact (a document), removing classified or sensitive material. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-sterilize-en-verb-bll6iacJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sterilise [UK], sterilize Hyponyms: desex, fix, castrate, emasculate, geld, neuter, spay, splay Related terms: sterile, sterilization, birth control, castrate, castrato, eunuch, procreate, procreation, spay, copulate

Adjective [Turkish]

IPA: /ste.ɾi.li.ze/
Etymology: From French stérilisé, past participle of stériliser. Etymology templates: {{bor|tr|fr|stérilisé}} French stérilisé, {{m|fr|stériliser}} stériliser Head templates: {{tr-adj}} sterilize
  1. sterilized
    Sense id: en-sterilize-tr-adj-goQy69yf Categories (other): Turkish entries with incorrect language header, Turkish entries with language name categories using raw markup, Turkish terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Turkish entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of Turkish entries with language name categories using raw markup: 86 14 Disambiguation of Turkish terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 90 10
  2. sterile (unable to reproduce)
    Sense id: en-sterilize-tr-adj-Aa5PELbp

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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "disable ability to procreate",
      "word": "esterilitzar"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "disable ability to procreate",
      "word": "sterilizovat"
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      "sense": "disable ability to procreate",
      "word": "steriliseren"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "disable ability to procreate",
      "word": "steriloida"
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      "sense": "disable ability to procreate",
      "word": "esterilizar"
    },
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "disable ability to procreate",
      "word": "sterilisieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "disable ability to procreate",
      "word": "kastrieren"
    },
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "steiróno",
      "sense": "disable ability to procreate",
      "word": "στειρώνω"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "disable ability to procreate",
      "word": "sterilizál"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "disable ability to procreate",
      "word": "gelda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "disable ability to procreate",
      "word": "aimridigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "disable ability to procreate",
      "word": "sterilizzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "disable ability to procreate",
      "word": "sterilizare"
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "disable ability to procreate",
      "word": "mandulkan"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "disable ability to procreate",
      "word": "whakamūhore"
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      "sense": "disable ability to procreate",
      "word": "sterylizować"
    },
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      "sense": "disable ability to procreate",
      "word": "esterilizar"
    },
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      "roman": "sterilizovátʹ",
      "sense": "disable ability to procreate",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "disable ability to procreate",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "disable ability to procreate",
      "word": "esterilizar"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "disable ability to procreate",
      "word": "sterilisera"
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      "sense": "make unable to produce; make unprofitable",
      "word": "steriloida"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
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      "word": "esterilitzar"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiāodú",
      "sense": "(biology) to destroy all spores or germs",
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      "sense": "(biology) to destroy all spores or germs",
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      "sense": "(biology) to destroy all spores or germs",
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      "sense": "(biology) to destroy all spores or germs",
      "word": "esterilizar"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "(biology) to destroy all spores or germs",
      "word": "sterilisieren"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "(biology) to destroy all spores or germs",
      "word": "entkeimen"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aposteiróno",
      "sense": "(biology) to destroy all spores or germs",
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "khité",
      "sense": "(biology) to destroy all spores or germs",
      "word": "חיטא \\ חִטֵּא"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "(biology) to destroy all spores or germs",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "(biology) to destroy all spores or germs",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(biology) to destroy all spores or germs",
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      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "(biology) to destroy all spores or germs",
      "word": "sótthreinsa"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "(biology) to destroy all spores or germs",
      "word": "steiriligh"
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      "roman": "sakkin suru",
      "sense": "(biology) to destroy all spores or germs",
      "word": "殺菌する"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "salgyunhada",
      "sense": "(biology) to destroy all spores or germs",
      "word": "살균하다"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(biology) to destroy all spores or germs",
      "word": "sterylizować"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(biology) to destroy all spores or germs",
      "word": "esterilizar"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "sterilizovátʹ",
      "sense": "(biology) to destroy all spores or germs",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "prosterilizovátʹ",
      "sense": "(biology) to destroy all spores or germs",
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      ],
      "word": "простерилизова́ть"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "esterilizar"
    }
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}

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    "Turkish terms derived from French",
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