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castrate

DEFINITIONS OF: castrate

1

v remove the testicles of a male animal

Synonyms:
demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate
Types:
caponise, caponize
convert a cock into a capon
cut, geld
cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
Type of:
desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex
make infertile

v remove the ovaries of

Synonyms:
alter, neuter, spay
Types:
defeminise, defeminize
remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats)
Type of:
desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex
make infertile

v deprive of strength or vigor

Synonyms:
emasculate
Type of:
weaken
lessen the strength of

v edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

Synonyms:
bowdlerise, bowdlerize, expurgate, shorten
Type of:
abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

n a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction

Synonyms:
eunuch
Type of:
adult male, man
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
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