Editing Sterilization (section)

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'''Sterilization''' may refer to:

* [[Sterilization (microbiology)]], killing or inactivation of micro-organisms
* [[Soil steam sterilization]], a farming technique that sterilizes soil with steam in open fields or greenhouses
* [[Sterilization (medicine)]] renders a human unable to reproduce
* [[Neutering]] is the surgical sterilization of animals
* Irradiation induced sterility is used in the [[sterile insect technique]]
* A [[chemosterilant]] is a chemical compound that causes sterility
* [[Sterilization (economics)]], central bank operations aimed at neutralizing foreign exchange operations' impact on domestic money supply, or offset adverse consequences of large capital flows
* A very severe enough [[extinction event]] that permanently renders a planet like [[Earth]] completely uninhabitable to even [[microbial life]].