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sterilized

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verb

past tense of sterilize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sterilized
Adjective
  • The sterile cockpit rule prohibits pilots from engaging in conversations unrelated to operating the aircraft when flying below 10,000 feet.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • These aren’t sterile operations run by committees.
    Joel Goldstein, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The same fate that has befallen so many local-news outlets has neutered the TTT as well.
    Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Most that come in need to be spayed or neutered because many shelters don’t have veterinarians on staff or they are backlogged for months with surgeries.
    Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • One in the group is charged with having an altered firearm.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Ramiro Cinto Lopez, 23, was charged with those same two charges and possession of an altered firearm.
    Elizabeth Pritchett, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Donkey has now been castrated, and the adorable family trio lives together in a large field with Partridge's other horses.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
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“Sterilized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sterilized. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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