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castrate
[ kas-treyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to remove the testes of; emasculate; geld.
- to remove the ovaries of.
- Psychology. to render impotent, literally or metaphorically, by psychological means, especially by threatening a person's masculinity or femininity.
- to deprive of strength, power, or efficiency; weaken:
Without those ten new submarines, our navy will be castrated.
noun
- a castrated person or animal.
castrate
/ æˈٰɪ /
verb
- to remove the testicles of; emasculate; geld
- to deprive of vigour, masculinity, etc
- to remove the ovaries of; spay
- to expurgate or censor (a book, play, etc)
Derived Forms
- ˈٰٴǰ, noun
- ˈٰپDz, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·ٰ·پDz [kas-, trey, -sh, uh, n], noun
- ·ٰ·ٴǰ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of castrate1
Example Sentences
"They would strip us naked. They would Taser us. They would hit us in a sensitive place. They would tell us 'We will castrate you'," he said.
"Life just feels grey. It's, like, castrated my emotions," Kyle says.
Trump was symbolically castrated before an audience of tens of millions of people by Harris when she defeated him during their first debate in September.
Trump, an alpha male and America’s First White President, was symbolically castrated and neutered by Kamala Harris, a Black South Asian woman.
When Harris talked about the crowd sizes she symbolically and psychologically castrated him, for example.
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