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emasculate
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e·mas·cu·late  (-msky-lt)
tr.v. e·mas·cu·lat·ed, e·mas·cu·lat·ing, e·mas·cu·lates
1. To castrate.
2. To deprive of strength or vigor; weaken.
adj. (-lt)
Deprived of virility, strength, or vigor.

[Latin masculre, mascult- : -, ex-, ex- + masculus, male, diminutive of ms, male, man.]

e·mascu·lation n.
e·mascu·lative, e·mascu·la·tory (-l-tôr, -tr) adj.
e·mascu·lator n.

emasculate
Verb
[-lating, -lated] to deprive of power or strength [Latin emasculare to remove the testicles of]
emasculation n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.emasculate - deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the law"
weaken - lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body"
2.emasculate - remove the testicles of a male animal
caponise, caponize - convert a cock into a capon
geld, cut - cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses); "the vet gelded the young horse"
desex, desexualise, desexualize, sterilise, sterilize, unsex, fix - make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"
Adj.1.emasculate - having unsuitable feminine qualities
unmanful, unmanlike, unmanly - not possessing qualities befitting a man

emasculate
verb weaken, soften, cripple, impoverish, debilitate, reduce the power of, enfeeble, make feeble, enervate, deprive of force
Translations

emasculate [ɪˈmæskjuleɪt] vtcastrar;
(fig) → debilitar
emasculate [ɪˈmæskjuleɪt] vtémasculer
emasculate [ɪˈmæskjuleɪt] vtschwächen
emasculate [ɪˈmæskjuleɪt] vt (fig) → rendere impotente

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