STERILIZED Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in sterile

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verb

past tense of sterilize

as in neutered

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Adjective

Carson only had mere days to turn the sterile studio into something far cozier and conducive to the wide-ranging conversations Paltrow hoped to conduct during the show, which launches with Zoe Saldana as the first guest.

— Juliet Izon, Architectural Digest, 10 Nov. 2026
Warm, earthy neutrals and cohesive, tone-on-tone palettes are replacing sterile grays and bold color blocking.

— Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Nov. 2026

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Verb

The winking pup had escaped from his new home in San Francisco days after undergoing surgery — being neutered and having his right eye removed — and his adoption from an East Bay organization.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
After his post-DOGE meltdown last year, many had thought Musk had been neutered.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of neutered

Adjective

Trump threatened Indiana Republicans for not obeying him with an altered map and ran primary challenges to a number of state senators, beating several.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2026
Analysis of bone extracts identified heme B and an altered relative.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2026

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Verb

This is the league, remember, where a man (Harvey Updyke) confessed to poisoning the trees at Auburn on a radio show after Alabama lost to the Tigers, and a coach (Jackie Sherrill at Mississippi State) castrated a bull to motivate his squad.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
Those expectations got castrated because of last season’s early struggles.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026

Definition of castrated

Verb

No matter what agenda the president espoused—the economic pragmatism of Rafsanjani, the liberal aspirations of Mohammad Khatami, the populist provocations of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the nuclear diplomacy of Hassan Rouhani—Khamenei emasculated him.

— Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2026
Jordan continues yapping about being emasculated and being less of a man for staying with his wife.

— Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025

Definition of emasculated

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