verb
asepticize, aseptify, antisepticize, disinfect, decontaminate, boil, autoclave, incapacitate, make sterile, pasteurize; see also clean, purify.
See sterilize in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
To render free of microorganisms:
To render incapable of reproducing sexually:
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