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emasculate
Definition
To castrate.Synonyms: castrate; fix; geld; make sterile; neuter; spay; sterilize; unman; vasectomize.
Etymology: From Latin emasculare, meaning to castrate, from e, meaning out, and masculus, the diminutive of mas, meaning male.
2. To deprive a male person or animal of his virility; to deprive of masculine vigor; to make effeminate.
3. Figuratively, to censor or deprive something such as language, law, literary composition, film, etc. of its strength, vigor, or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate.
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