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emasculate

/ɪ'mæskjə,leɪt/

Synonyms of emasculate Antonyms of emasculate Examples of emasculate Usage of emasculate Parts of emasculate Definition that contains emasculate Words sounding like emasculate Explanation of emasculate

verb
deprive of strength or vigor
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"The Senate emasculated the law"

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castrate

type of:
weaken
verb
remove the testicles of a male animal
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castrate demasculinise demasculinize

type of:
desexualise desexualize fix desex sterilise sterilize unsex
adjective
having unsuitable feminine qualities
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cissy effeminate epicene sissified sissy sissyish unmanful unmanlike unmanly

Examples of emasculate

"The Senate emasculated the law"