emasculate
IPA: ʌmˈæskjuɫɪt
verb
- (transitive) To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld.
- (specifically) To remove the entire male genitalia (the testicles, scrotum, and penis) of (a person or animal).
- (transitive) To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
- (transitive, botany) Of a flower: to deprive of the anthers.
adjective
- Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned, weak.
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Examples of "emasculate" in Sentences
- The men were emasculated by the power.
- The man was emasculated by the others.
- The other person emasculated the lady.
- It made me feel humiliated and emasculated.
- The person was emasculated by the man in black.
- Emasculate lesbians served as hunters and warriors.
- I'd hate to see this article emasculated in the name of conformity.
- Toninho feels emasculated by this and has an affair with a neighbor.
- Judge judy will yell at the boy and try to emasculate him on camera.
- Rabbi Johanan taught that they were also commanded not to emasculate animals.
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