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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of sterilize.

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  • adjective made infertile

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Examples

  • Cool, and store in sterilized, airtight jars or freeze in heavy freezer bags.

    Archive 2008-06-01 2008

  • Cool, and store in sterilized, airtight jars or freeze in heavy freezer bags.

    Daring Bakers Challenge - Danish Braid (1 Sweet & 1 Savory) 2008

  • First of all, all Fed actions to date are what's called "sterilized" - that is, non inflationary.

    MetaFilter Projects 2008

  • First of all, all Fed actions to date are what's called "sterilized" - that is, troy correctly pointed out, already exist.

    MetaFilter Projects 2008

  • First of all, all Fed actions to date are what's called "sterilized" - that is, troy correctly pointed out, already exist.

    MetaFilter Projects 2008

  • First of all, all Fed actions to date are what's called "sterilized" - that is, non inflationary.

    MetaFilter Projects 2008

  • Milk that has been sterilized, that is, bottled and put in boiling water for an hour, is not so good for the baby as pasteurized milk; that is, milk kept at something less than the boiling point for half an hour, since the higher temperature causes the milk to lose some of the qualities beneficial to the child.

    Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife Marion Mills Miller 1906

  • Thirty percent of Catholics are sterilized, which is the same rate as the rest of the population.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local Yankee47 2010

  • The instruments were sterilized, which is thought to kill all microorganisms, including the viruses in question.

    STLtoday.com Top News Headlines 2010

  • Thirty percent of Catholics are sterilized, which is the same rate as the rest of the population.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local broadsquad 2010

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