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Castrate   /kˈæstrˌeɪt/   Listen
Castrate

verb
(past & past part. castrated; pres. part. castrating)
1.
Deprive of strength or vigor.  Synonym: emasculate.
2.
Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate.  Synonyms: bowdlerise, bowdlerize, expurgate, shorten.
3.
Remove the testicles of a male animal.  Synonyms: demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate.
4.
Remove the ovaries of.  Synonyms: alter, neuter, spay.





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Words linked to "Castrate" :   defeminise, caponize, man, castration, reduce, unsex, geld, neutering, desexualise, spay, fix, desex, cut, defeminize, contract, adult male, sterilize, desexualize, emasculate, abridge, sterilise, foreshorten, caponise, abbreviate, weaken


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