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adj. completely clean VERBS be | become | remain | make sth | keep sth This top fits over the bottle and keeps the teat sterile. ADV. completely | virtually not able to produce young animals/babies VERBS be | become | remain | leave sb, make sb ADV. permanently Male workers were made permanently sterile by this pesticide. with no interest or life VERBS be | become, grow Their relationship had grown sterile over the years. ADV. very | increasingly the increasingly sterile debate on constitutional reform | largely | rather, somewhat
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