sterilize

1. to make as.

2. To cause (land) to become unfruitful.

3. To deprive of the power of reproducing.

4. To make incapable of germination.

5. To make powerless or useless usually by restraining from a normal function, relation, or participation.

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1. Economics To place (gold) in safekeeping so as not to affect the supply of money or credit.

2. To deprive (a person or an animal) of the ability to produce offspring, as by removing the reproductive organs.

3. To make free from live bacteria or other microorganisms.

4. To make incapable of bearing fruit or germinating.

5. To make inoffensive or innocuous: sterilized the terminology with euphemisms.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
sterilize	18	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
el	2
er	2
es	2
et	2
is	2
it	2
li	2
re	2
si	2
te	2
ti	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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its	3
lee	3
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sri	3
tee	3
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tes	3
tie	3
til	3
tis	3
tiz	12
zee	12
zit	12

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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isle	4
leer	4
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tirl	4
tree	4
zees	13
zest	13
ziti	13
zits	13

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
elite	5
ester	5
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liers	5
liter	5
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reset	5
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retie	5
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riles	5
rites	5
seize	14
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tires	5
tirls	5
tizes	14
trees	5
tries	5
zitis	14

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
elites	6
listee	6
lister	6
liters	6
litres	6
relets	6
relies	6
relist	6
resile	6
resite	6
resize	15
reties	6
retile	6
ritzes	15
seizer	15
sizier	15
streel	6
tilers	6
zester	15

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
leister	7
retiles	7
seltzer	16
siltier	7
sterile	7
zestier	16

9 Letters	Scrabble® Points
sterilize	18