sterilize

Verb

• make free from bacteria
• make infertile
  • "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"
• To deprive of the ability to procreate.
• To make unable to produce; to make unprofitable.
• To kill, deactivate (denature), or destroy (break apart) all living, viable microorganisms and spores on a surface, in a fluid, or contained in a compound, such as culture media or a medical product.
• To render a planet like Earth permanently uninhabitable to all life, including even microbes, causing their complete extinction.
• To redact (a document), removing classified or sensitive material.

Synonyms

desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, unsex, sterilize

Related Words

birth control, castrate, castrato, copulate, eunuch, procreate, procreation, spay, sterile, sterilization