sterilization
noun
the act of sterilizing.
sterilizations
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pluralof sterilization.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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By 1938 its more than 12,000 involuntary sterilizations accounted for nearly half of all those nationwide.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025
Reports since then have shown more women are choosing to get sterilizations, use birth control pills, or IUDs.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024
And several past presidents supported voluntary and compulsory eugenic sterilizations at some point in their careers.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 24, 2023
State lawmakers responded by passing a law in 2014 to ban sterilizations in prison for birth control purposes while still allowing for other medically necessary procedures.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2023
For a while, it seemed as if the future of eugenic sterilizations in America depended on the foggy impressions of a nurse who had been handed a cranky baby without toys.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
