sterilize

We press that mash, sterilize it by heating, bottle it and ship it out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

“In this case, it is possible that Cesium-137 food irradiators were used in the processing facilities which are being used to sterilize food and instruments,” Vetter said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 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

An experimental program seeks to protect California almond trees from a pesky moth by using X-rays to sterilize the insects.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2024

What Priddy needed was a blanket legal order that would authorize him to sterilize a woman on explicitly eugenic grounds; one such test case would set the standard for a thousand.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

This innovative technology sterilizes the crops, promoting plant growth without the use of chemical fertilizers.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 27, 2024

The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, or Cal/OSHA, is also investigating possible workplace health risks within the Vernon facility, which sterilizes more than 45 million essential medical devices and other items every year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2022

It infects Xyris grass, sterilizes it and then produces uncanny mimics of the plant’s yellow flowers.

From Scientific American ● Dec. 27, 2021

She also sterilizes the empty jars in the oven before filling, but doesn’t believe it’s necessary to sterilize the bands or lids beforehand.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2021

"She is simply mad on the subject of germs, and sterilizes or filters everything in the house."

From More Toasts by Marion Dix Mosher

Huge numbers of male flies were sterilized with radiation and released into the environment.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

The female flies only mate once, so sterilized males help suppress the population.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

The Silicon Valley-based tech giant is seeking to release up to 64 million sterilized male mosquitoes in California and Florida over two years, according to a notice in the Federal Register.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026

That means the fish aren’t sterilized by cooking before they are packaged and sealed.

From Salon ● May 28, 2026

Some of the stores were old with graceful eaves and cornices; others had been modernized or sterilized with plate glass windows and neon; still others were new.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

The most effective strategy involved sterilizing about 22% of adult female koalas each year in areas with the highest population densities rather than applying the approach across the entire region.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026

Germaphobic parents will appreciate the UV sterilizing glovebox, if not want to crawl in themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

Because when doctors and dentists practiced universal precautions—like wearing gloves and properly sterilizing their equipment—there was almost no risk of HIV transmission.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2025

For six months, Braun didn’t step foot outside his apartment, washing his hands until they bled and spending hours compulsively sterilizing and sanitizing his immediate surroundings, including boiling his toothbrush and pillowcases, even fruit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2023

Nonetheless, suggestions are heard here and there that these sterilizing chemicals might be applied as aerial sprays — for example, to coat the foliage chewed by gypsy moth larvae.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson