castration
IPA: kæstrˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- (surgery) The act of removing the testicles.
- (figuratively) Any act that removes power from a person (particularly a man) or entity.
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Examples of "castration" in Sentences
- Castration would be yet another.
- Castration has a permanent effect.
- Beliefs and practice of castration.
- Can castration really prolong a man's life
- For most males, there is castration and on to slaughter.
- This is not the case if abstinence is the result of castration.
- Castration also figured in a number of religious castration cults.
- Chief among these is denouncement of the castration of captive slave boys.