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BACTERIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bacterize mean?
• BACTERIZE (verb)
The verb BACTERIZE has 1 sense:
1. subject to the action of bacteria
Familiarity information: BACTERIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: bacterized
Past participle: bacterized
-ing form: bacterizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Subject to the action of bacteria
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
bacterise; bacterize
Hypernyms (to "bacterize" is one way to...):
subject (cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
bacterium ((microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants)
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