Past tense of sterilize

Forms of sterilize

Sterilized in a sentence

• Ma was taking a sterilized needle to a whitehead on my chin.2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 151. From the entry whitehead
• She expertly cleaned and sterilized the gaping holes in the gynoid’s chest and back.2000, Thomas J. Sanders, God's Fire, Trafford Publishing, page 58. From the entry gynoid
• The cups are nested, sealed in polyethylene bags, and sterilized using ethylene oxide methods.1999, M. Shafiur Rahman, editor, Handbook of Food Preservation, New York, N.Y.; Basel: Marcel Dekker, Inc., →ISBN, page 142. From the entry denest
• Sterilized food is filled through the equipment into cups that have been denested into holders.1999, M. Shafiur Rahman, editor, Handbook of Food Preservation, New York, N.Y.; Basel: Marcel Dekker, Inc., →ISBN, page 142. From the entry denest
• There, captured in the wonderglow, sterilized and motionless, were all the things that had ravaged him and finally left him lame.2019, James Webb, Fields of Fire. From the entry wonderglow

Meaning of sterilize

1. verb To deprive of the ability to procreate.
2. verb To make unable to produce; to make unprofitable.
3. verb To kill, deactivate (denature), or destroy (break apart) all living, viable microorganisms and spores on a surface, in a fluid, or contained in a compound, such as culture media or a medical product.

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Questions about the past tense of sterilize

What is the past tense of sterilize?

The past tense of sterilize is sterilized.

What is the past participle of sterilize?

The past participle of sterilize is sterilized.

Is sterilize a regular or irregular verb?

Sterilize is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.