resterilize

present singular third person resterilizes · participle present resterilizing · participle past resterilized · past resterilized

1. transitiveTo sterilize again.

   This afternoon Bets does surgery on my leg—a small infection I've let get worse. It looks bad, clearly infected around the area. She pulls off the scab and some of the surrounding skin with our often resterilized needle.

   1982 February 13, Lee Swislow, “Amazon Trekking”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 29, page 8

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   If in doubt, know that most “spoilers” — molds, yeasts, enzymes and bacteria — cannot survive more than a few minutes’ cooking, so the contents of a questionable jar can always be dumped into a pot and resterilized by boiling for 10 minutes.

   2009 May 27, Julia Moskin, “Some Canning Dos and Don'ts”, in New York Times