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sterilized

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verb

past tense of sterilize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sterilized
Adjective
  • Dealing with the horrors of the situation in Gaza within the sterile environment of a call center, its workers are feeling increasingly hopeless, caught in the political crossfire of an escalating situation.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
  • For the first time, a technological tool seemed to truly understand us—not as a sterile database, but as a conversational partner.
    Avital Pardo, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • All the dogs are rescued from the street, but many cannot be simply neutered and released.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Posts show whole displays of clothing for brands like Walmart’s Wonder Nation and Target’s Auden at stores across the country with altered tags.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The series creator and executive producer previews Rhea Seehorn's reluctant pursuit to save an altered world.
    EW.com, EW.com, 1 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 9 Sep. 2025.

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