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sterilized

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verb

past tense of sterilize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sterilized
Adjective
  • The idea was to drive down the mosquito population because eggs produced by a female after a romp with a sterile male don’t hatch.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025
  • But the overall health system in Chad is fragile, and many Chadian women don't have access to a safe and sterile place to deliver.
    Ari Daniel, NPR, 5 May 2025
Adjective
  • The technology is trained on real-life content, but can then reproduce it in an altered form based on a user's request.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 14 May 2025
  • From those modest beginnings, Celgene took a slightly altered version of that pill and turned it into one of the bestselling and most expensive prescription drugs in history.
    David Armstrong, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
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“Sterilized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sterilized. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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