sterilize
sterilize.01 - to make free from live bacteria, to make inoffensive, unable to reproduce, inoffensive
STERILIZE-V NOTES: Based on WSJ. Member of Vncls other_cos-45.4. (from sterilize.01-v)STERILIZATION-N NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT. Corresponds to Vncls other_cos-45.4. (from sterilization.01-n)
Aliases:
sterilize (v.)
sterilization (n.)
sterilization (n.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: sterilizer
ARG1-GOL: entity sterilized
ARG2-PPT: germs removed
ARG1-GOL: entity sterilized
ARG2-PPT: germs removed
transitive
The Fed has been intervening in foreign currency markets , all right , but through August , at least ,
itARG0
appeared to be `` sterilizingrel
'' the interventionARG1
.with MNR
China 's record on human rights is appalling look at the one child policy that is causing major gender imbalance problems as well as being brutally implemented ,
forcedARGM-MNR
sterliseationrel
and such .both args
The 1975 case Madrigal v. Quilligan challenged the
stateARG0
sterilizationrel
of Spanish speaking Mexican women who medical personnel coerced into signing English language forms that they could not readARG1
.sterile
sterile.02 - inhospitible to the growth of life
STERILE-J NOTES: Added by Julia based on BOLT-2,3 (from sterile.01-j)Aliases:
sterile (j.)
Roles:
ARG1-LOC: sterile location/entity
ARG2-PPT: new life
ARG2-PPT: new life
arg1
The life we see around us evolved in this Universe as conditions allowed , so it 's not surprising at all that everything fits nicely . Other Universes with different rules would necessarily have life in them which fits that universe . And Universes
whichARG1
are sterilerel
have no life in them to question the fact that they are not there .botha rgs
Re - applying it too often can make
the soilARG1
sterilerel
to new plant growthARG2
.