Collocations for sterile - adj.
1. completely clean
VERBS
be | become | remain | make sth | keep sth
This top fits over the bottle and keeps the teat sterile.
This top fits over the bottle and keeps the teat sterile.
ADV.
completely | virtually
2. 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.
Male workers were made permanently sterile by this pesticide.
3. with no interest or life
VERBS
be | become, grow
Their relationship had grown sterile over the years.
Their relationship had grown sterile over the years.
ADV.
very | increasingly
the increasingly sterile debate on constitutional reform
the increasingly sterile debate on constitutional reform
largely | rather, somewhat