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sterilization
The process of treating something to kill or inactivate microorganisms.
A procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing.
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Sterilization laws were passed in sixteen American states between 1907 and 1917, with the elimination of mental retardation being one of the prime targets of the public policy. “Three generations of imbeciles are enough,” Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes declared in an opinion upholding the constitutionality of such a law.
An instance of a sterilization procedure.
A monetary policy operation used to offset a foreign exchange intervention.
The process of permanently rendering a planet like Earth completely uninhabitable to all life, including even microbes, leading to their complete extinction.
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