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  • verb nonstandard To set, reset or initialize something (especially a variable or parameter) to zero.

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Examples

  • The problem is that this is a crypto box without a "zeroize" button.

    doggdot.us 2008

  • On units with internal key storage, there's a guarded "zeroize" button that clears all keys to zero.

    doggdot.us 2008

  • Clearly, they would zeroize what they could and destroy what they could.

    CNN Transcript Apr 3, 2001 2001

  • Gary: Live. com sucks anyway, I just hate their new beta search engines, it’s slow and the interface is bloated with crap. reply zeroize

    Microsoft Live Shopping Launches – But No Firefox Michael Arrington 2005

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