How do native speakers pronounce "sterilize" in English?

In natural English speech, "sterilize" appears in contexts such as: "But that's easier said than done. sterilize a wooden barrel.". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

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How to pronounce“sterilize”in English

IPA/ˈstɛɹɪlaɪz/

Syllablesste·ri·lize

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But that's easier said than done.

sterilize a wooden barrel.

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verb

To deprive of the ability to procreate.

“If monogeny is determined exclusively by a cytoplasmic factor, then it is easy to see that the factor will either die out (if it causes arrhenogeny) or will become fixed and thereby sterilize the population (if it causes thelygeny).”

verb

To make unable to produce; to make unprofitable.

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