sterilize

Example Sentences

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So there he was on a gray February day at Harborview Medical Center, unconscious under anesthesia and sheathed under blue sterilized drapes.

From Seattle Times

Peg wanted the pair to divorce, and Loretta wanted them to be sterilized.

From New York Times

We were soon learning new phrases like "social distancing" and "flatten the curve" and started wearing make-shift masks everywhere, hoarding toilet paper and inexplicably sterilizing our canned goods.

From Salon

But the campaign has encountered opposition from Islamic extremists who believe the vaccine is intended to sterilize Muslim children.

From Los Angeles Times

As a result, after she gave birth to her son via C-section, she was sterilized.

From Washington Post