sterilize
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We press that mash, sterilize it by heating, bottle it and ship it out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
To address the overpopulation problem, county officials have approved new deals with a local nonprofit to help sterilize and relocate many of the pint-size equines to sanctuaries.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2025
The easiest way to kill off the tardigrades, the researchers argue, would be to sterilize the entire planet, adding 5.6 × 1026 J of energy to make the oceans boil off.
From Salon • Feb. 25, 2025
I told her to try to sterilize the water, and she responded that she does not have enough cooking gas and cannot heat water more than once a day.
From Slate • Oct. 22, 2024
He wanted to take control of the building and sterilize it, but he didn’t want lawsuits.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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