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
“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
San Bernardino County officials approved new deals in April with a local nonprofit to help sterilize and relocate many of the pint-size equines to sanctuaries.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 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
If we wish on Earth to examine samples of Martian soil for microbes, we must, of course, not sterilize the samples beforehand.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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