sterilize, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

sterilize (sterilizes 3rd person present) (sterilizing present participle) (sterilized past tense & past participle )
in BRIT, also use sterilise

1  verb If you sterilize a thing or a place, you make it completely clean and free from germs.
Sulphur is also used to sterilize equipment...  V n
♦ sterilization  n-uncount
...the pasteurization and sterilization of milk.

2  verb If a person or an animal is sterilized, they have a medical operation that makes it impossible for them to have or produce babies.
My wife was sterilized after the birth of her fourth child.  be V-ed
♦ sterilization  (sterilizations plural) n-var
In some cases, a sterilization is performed through the vaginal wall.