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sterilize (v.)
"destroy the fertility of," 1690s (in reference to soil), from French
stériliser
or else from
sterile
+
-ize
; of living things from 1828. Meaning "render free of micro-organisms" is from 1878. Related:
Sterilized
;
sterilizing
.
