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castrated

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cas·trate  (kstrt)
tr.v. cas·trat·ed, cas·trat·ing, cas·trates
1. To remove the testicles of (a male); geld or emasculate.
2. To remove the ovaries of (a female); spay.
3. To deprive of virility or spirit; emasculate.
n.
An individual who is incapable of reproduction as a result of removal, destruction, or inactivation of the gonads.
[Latin castrre, castrt-; see kes- in Indo-European roots.]
castrat·er, castra·tor n.
cas·tration n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.castrated - deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes
unsexed
uncastrated - not castrated


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Moreover, whenever complicated experiments are in progress, so careful an observer as Gartner would have castrated his hybrids, and this would have insured in each generation a cross with the pollen from a distinct flower, either from the same plant or from another plant of the same hybrid nature.
The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context
This chicken-heartedness, as he dubbed it, disgusted Martin, who consequently took a satisfaction in compelling the boy to assist him actively whenever there were cattle to be dehorned, wire rings to be pushed through bunches of pigs' snouts, calves to be delivered by force, young stuff to be castrated or butchering to be done.
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