to emasculate
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9.9
- verb
- /ɪˈmæskjʊˌleɪt/
- NSFW
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castrar
- Farmers emasculate male goats to prevent them from reproducing.
Examples
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Second, and even more crucial, the Bushman is not depicted as a victim—not hung, starved, emasculated, or decapitated.
Academic text (1997) -
Some ended up emasculated.
Academic text (2014) -
They are reborn, and he dies emasculated.
Academic text (1998) -
Upon taking Kabul, the Taliban ransacked a U.N. compound, captured the former Afghan president sheltering inside, emasculated, and hanged him.
Academic text (2007) -
The practice of emasculating animals was common in ancient agricultural societies.
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To control the breeding of certain species, wildlife managers often emasculate male animals.
Synonyms
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9.1
To remove the sex organs of a person or animal so they cannot have young
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9.8
To remove a male animal's testicles so it cannot have babies
To remove a male animal's testicles
Surface Forms
Etymology
Emasculate originally meant to remove the male parts of an animal, from Latin ex- 'out' and masculus 'male'. So to emasculate an animal is to remove its testicles, in other words to castrate it.