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
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
We cannot even think much about how to sterilize water before drinking it, because there is no cooking gas and no wood to light a fire.
From Slate • Oct. 22, 2024
The simplest way to sterilize the bugs is to use radiation.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2024
“She didn’t sterilize the instruments. And a patient came and I had nothing to use. She humiliated me.”
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
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