sterilize (steriliz)

t.; pret. and pp. steril ized, ppr. sterilizing. [= F. stériliser = Sp. Pg. esterilizar; as sterile + -ize.] To render sterile or unproductive in any way; specifically, in bacteriology, to render free from living germs, as by heating or otherwise. Also spelled sterilise. No, no such wars do thou, Ambition, wage! Go sterilize the fertile with thy rage! Whole nations to depopulate is thine. Savage, Public Spirit. IMG:content-2101.png:[blocks in formation]