sterilization
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noun- 1.
(British, English, Oxford, US, uncountable)The process of treating something to kill or inactivate microorganisms.
Heat sterilization is used during canning so the food can be safely stored for long periods.
- 2.
(British, English, Oxford, US, uncountable)A procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing.
Spaying a cat is a form of sterilization to limit the population growth.
- 3.
(British, English, Oxford, US, countable)An instance of a sterilization procedure.
The vet performed several sterilizations this week.
- 4.
(British, English, Oxford, US, uncountable)A monetary policy operation used to offset a foreign exchange intervention.
The Federal Reserve is responsible for foreign exchange sterilization.
- 5.
(British, English, Oxford, US, uncountable)The process of permanently rendering a planet like Earth completely uninhabitable to all life, including even microbes, leading to their complete extinction.
In about 1 billion years, the increasing heat from the Sun as it gradually ages, by triggering a runaway greenhouse effect that will boil away the oceans, will lead to the complete sterilization of all life on Earth.
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From sterile + -ization or sterilize + -ation.