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sterilise

/ˈstɛr.ɪ.laɪz/

/ˈstɛr.ə.laɪz/

Translations

steriliseverb

sterilised

Past Simple

sterilised

Past Participle

sterilising

Gerund

/ˈstɛr.ɪ.laɪz/

/ˈstɛr.ə.laɪz/

The doctor needs to sterilise the surgical instruments before the operation.

Врач должен стерилизовать хирургические инструменты перед операцией.

They use chemicals to sterilise the water supply.

Они используют химикаты, чтобы обеззараживать водоснабжение.

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steriliseverb

To make something free from bacteria or other living microorganisms.

The surgeon sterilised the instruments before the operation.

To make a person or animal unable to reproduce.

The veterinarian sterilised the cat to prevent it from having kittens.

To neutralize or render something ineffective or powerless, often by counteracting its effects (figurative).

The central bank intervened to sterilise the impact of foreign capital inflows on the domestic money supply.