unsex (redirected from unsexes)

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.

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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

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	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" desex, desexualise, desexualize, sterilise, sterilize, fix 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