sterilize

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Around the United States, cities are increasingly warming to an idea that once induced gags: Sterilize wastewater from toilets, sinks and factories, and eventually pipe it back into homes and businesses as tap water.

From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2021

Sterilize Me, Please Why is so difficult for young women to get their tubes tied?

From Slate • Jul. 9, 2012

To Sterilize Jars.—Wash the jars, fill with cold water, place them on rests, such as small blocks of wood on the bottom of the kettle or boiler and surround them with cold water.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

Sterilize the covers of the jars also, and dip the rubber bands in boiling water just before using.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

Sterilize twelve minutes in hot-water bath or condensed-steam outfit; ten minutes in water-seal outfit; six minutes under five pounds of steam pressure; four minutes in aluminum pressure cooker.

From Every Step in Canning by Gray, Grace Viall