Definition of sterilize

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• sterilize is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 18
• sterilize is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 18
• sterilize is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 19

Definition of sterilize

• make infertile (verb)

  Examples

  1. in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized

  Synonyms

  1. desex
  2. desexualise
  3. desexualize
  4. fix
  5. sterilise
  6. unsex
• make free from bacteria (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. sterilise

See definition of sterilize in Merriam Webster