Definition for Sterilize:

• To render sterile and free from germs.

Synonyms for Sterilize:

• n.

  •
  • attend,
  • catheterize,
  • bandage,
  • bleed,
  • aseptify,
  • cauterize,
  • catch,
  • incapacitate,
  • anaesthetize,
  • anesthetize,
  • autoclave,
  • bypass.
  •
  • brush.
  •
  • reproduction,
  • rich.

• v.

  •castrate (verb)
  • emasculate,
  • spay,
  • geld,
  • cut.
  •clean (verb)
  • clear,
  • purge,
  • filter,
  • sanitize,
  • scrub,
  • wipe,
  • purify,
  • neaten,
  • tidy,
  • wash,
  • launder,
  • sweep,
  • order.
  •make clean or unproductive (verb)
  • change.
  •purify (verb)
  • refine,
  • simplify.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • decontaminate,
  • pasteurize,
  • boil.
  •
  • alter.
  •castrate
  • caponize,
  • eunuchize.
  •clean
  • Depurate.
  •neuter
  • make infertile.
  •Other relevant words:
  • disinfectant,
  • bottle,
  • operate,
  • antisepsis,
  • lay,
  • gear up,
  • mutilate,
  • make,
  • delouse,
  • fixation,
  • germicidal,
  • prepare,
  • ascertain,
  • set up,
  • determine,
  • furbish up,
  • regulate,
  • pay back,
  • tin,
  • cure,
  • addle,
  • devitalize,
  • antiseptic,
  • quick-freeze,
  • hygiene,
  • emasculated,
  • ready,
  • secure,
  • radiate,
  • sterility,
  • bactericidal,
  • decontamination,
  • situate,
  • deep-freeze,
  • specify,
  • pay off,
  • reparation,
  • neutering,
  • disinfection,
  • touch on,
  • posit,
  • set,
  • dry,
  • sterilized,
  • pot,
  • husband,
  • Sterilizing,
  • limit,
  • inactivate,
  • sterilizer,
  • germicide,
  • sanitization,
  • asepsis,
  • sanitisation,
  • acquire,
  • cook,
  • quarantine,
  • define,
  • effeminize,
  • DO,
  • doctor,
  • vasectomize,
  • get,
  • become,
  • fixate,
  • chlorinate,
  • operate on,
  • gain,
  • sterilisation,
  • concentrate,
  • sanitise,
  • disable,
  • exhaust,
  • etiolate,
  • mend,
  • salt,
  • freeze-dry,
  • infertility,
  • restore,
  • store,
  • steriliser,
  • fasten,
  • can,
  • deposit,
  • Kyanize,
  • pickle,
  • sterilization,
  • embalm,
  • castrated,
  • purification,
  • put,
  • lyophilize,
  • sterilizations,
  • season,
  • demasculinize,
  • chlorination,
  • freeze,
  • fumigation,
  • bushel,
  • sanitate,
  • evaporate,
  • enervate,
  • neutered,
  • sanitation,
  • unnerve,
  • repair,
  • hygienize.

Paraphrases for Sterilize:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, past tense
    autoclave.
  • Verb, base form
    autoclave.

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    Disinfect.

Antonyms for Sterilize:

• v.

  • make clean or unproductive
    assist, keep, adulterate, corrupt, dirty, help, remain, aid, continue.

Homophones for Sterilize:

• sisterlike, sterilise, soteriology, starlike, starless.