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unsex

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un·sex  (n-sks)
tr.v. un·sexed, un·sex·ing, un·sex·es
1. To deprive of sexual capacity or sexual attributes.
2. To castrate.

unsex [ʌnˈsɛks]
vb (tr)
Chiefly literary to deprive (a person) of the attributes of his or her sex, esp to make a woman more callous
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Verb1.unsex - deprive of sex or sexual powers
deprive, divest, strip - take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"
2.unsex - remove the qualities typical of one's sex; "She unsexed herself"
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
3.unsex - make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"
neuter, spay, castrate, alter - remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate, castrate - remove the testicles of a male animal
vasectomise, vasectomize - remove the vas deferens; "many men choose to be vasectomized as a form of safe birth control"
operate on, operate - perform surgery on; "The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life"
Translations
unsex [ˈʌnˈseks] VT (liter) → privar de la sexualidad, suprimir el instinto sexual de


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