Example Sentences

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The hospital says it has sterilized more than 300 women through this program.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2017

Money is the reason MN Snap has sterilized only 8,000 feral cats since it launched a spay-mobile in 2010, compared with 43,000 pets.

From Washington Times • Nov. 10, 2014

But it has "sterilized" these purchases by draining equal amounts of liquidity from the banking system.

From Reuters • Jan. 11, 2012

Nino Carlitos and the boys have left to pasture the cow, and the Doctorita has sterilized the tools and is now filling the patient’s cavity.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

For that length of time the Great Gardener has sterilized the human mold which had grown over the surface of His fruit.

From The Poison Belt by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir