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desterilize

American  
[dee-ster-uh-lahyz] / diˈstɛr əˌlaɪz /
especially British, desterilise

verb (used with object)

desterilized, desterilizing
  1. to utilize an idle fund or commodity, as when a nation issues currency against gold previously unused.


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Etymology

Origin of desterilize

de- + sterilize


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