sterilise (Brit.)
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sterilise — (Brit.) v. make sterile; decontaminate, disinfect (also sterilize) … English contemporary dictionary
sterilises — sterilise (Brit.) v. make sterile; decontaminate, disinfect (also sterilize) … English contemporary dictionary
sterilising — sterilise (Brit.) v. make sterile; decontaminate, disinfect (also sterilize) … English contemporary dictionary
sterilised — (Brit.) adj. made sterile; decontaminated, disinfected (also sterilized) sterilise (Brit.) v. make sterile; decontaminate, disinfect (also sterilize) … English contemporary dictionary
sterilize — sterilizable, adj. sterilizability, n. sterilizer, n. /ster euh luyz /, v.t., sterilized, sterilizing. 1. to destroy microorganisms in or on, usually by bringing to a high temperature with steam, dry heat, or boiling liquid. 2. to destroy the… … Universalium
deodorize — [[t]dio͟ʊdəraɪz[/t]] deodorizes, deodorizing, deodorized VERB If you deodorize something, you remove unpleasant smells from it. [FORMAL] [V n] The machine uses minute quantities of ozone to sterilise and deodorise refrigerated food vehicles. [V… … English dictionary
sterilize — [[t]ste̱rɪlaɪz[/t]] sterilizes, sterilizing, sterilized (in BRIT, also use sterilise) 1) VERB If you sterilize a thing or a place, you make it completely clean and free from germs. [V n] Sulphur is also used to sterilize equipment... [V n] The… … English dictionary
steriliser — (Brit.) n. person who sterilises, thing that sterilises; apparatus used to sterilise surgical instruments; apparatus used to heat substances above the boiling point (also sterilizer) … English contemporary dictionary
sterilisers — steriliser (Brit.) n. person who sterilises, thing that sterilises; apparatus used to sterilise surgical instruments; apparatus used to heat substances above the boiling point (also sterilizer) … English contemporary dictionary
sterilize — [ster′ə līz΄] vt. sterilized, sterilizing to make sterile; specif., a) to make incapable of producing others of its kind, as by removing the organs of reproduction or preventing them from functioning effectively b) to make (land) unproductive c)… … English World dictionary
