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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
sterilise .
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Examples
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What if an earthquake strikes, or a tsunami, or a meteor, or the sun goes supernova, or a black hole passes through the solar system and sterilises the Earth?
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What if an earthquake strikes, or a Tsunami, or a meteor, or the sun goes supernova, or a black hole passes through the solar system and sterilises the Earth?
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The failure to ensure that legal title of assets 'belonging' to individuals in the periphery is documented contractually sterilises the enormous value of these existing assets, which could so easily be turned into collateral to secure access to capital.
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS NATIONAL GENERAL COUNCIL 2005 2005
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We observe a sense of humour, not devoid of wit, which informs and somewhat sterilises all else.
Maid in Waiting 2004
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Private mineral rights ownership sterilises large areas because there is no obligation to explore or exploit the rights.
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Ownership sterilises large areas because there is no obligation to explore or exploit the rights.
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(This destroys any diastatic ferment present in the serum and partially sterilises the fluid.) 4.
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This sterilises the solution and also drives off the carbon dioxide, leaving the solution neutral.
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The same tyranny of compromise sterilises the whole teaching on the moral side.
Irish Books and Irish People Stephen Lucius Gwynn 1907
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But even when undogmatic Bible teaching is given, the shadow of an impending examination, external or internal as the case may be, too often sterilises the efforts of the teacher.
What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular Edmond Holmes 1893
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