sterilize
verb [T] (STOP CHILDREN) (UK usually sterilise) /ˈster.ɪ.laɪz/Definition
› to perform a medical operation on someone in order to make them unable to have children: After having five children, she decided to be sterilized.Contraception
(Definition of sterilize verb (STOP CHILDREN) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- cap noun (BIRTH CONTROL)
- coil noun (MEDICAL)
- coitus interruptus noun
- condom noun
- contraception noun
- contraceptive noun
- Dutch cap noun
- family planning noun
- Femidom noun
- French letter noun
- johnny noun
- loop noun
- minipill noun
- morning-after pill noun
- rhythm method noun
- safe sex noun
- spermicidal adjective
- spermicide noun
- sterilization noun (STOP CHILDREN)
- unprotected adjective
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