Definition of "pasteurizing" []

• Present participle of pasteurize. (verb)

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• "Direct-use applications include heating buildings, growing plants in greenhouses, drying crops, heating water at fish farms, and several industrial processes such as pasteurizing milk."
• "Glenn Anderson decided to make a change when he followed in his father's footsteps by growing almonds near the Central Valley town of Hilmar – he stopped using pesticides and pasteurizing the nuts."
• "It's a litany of whimsically observed slices of oft-overlooked history: "McDonald built the subway and his name we'll not forget/A word of praise is due to Nathan Straus/For pasteurizing baby's milk the world owes him a debt/He's a friend to every kid in the house.""