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emasculate
verb emasculated, emasculating
    1. To reduce the force, strength or effectiveness of someone or something.
      Thesaurus: weaken, soften, enervate, cripple, debilitate, impoverish.
    2. To castrate (a man or male animal).
      Thesaurus: castrate, neuter, spay, geld, sterilize, mutilate.
Derivative: emasculated
adj
    Derivative: emasculation
    noun
      Etymology: 17c: from Latin e- away + masculus, diminutive of mas male.



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