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verb
To remove another's sexual characteristics or functions, often via physical sterilization.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To desexualize.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
make infertile
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: sterilize, sterilise, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: operate on, operate
Narrower terms: alter, neuter, spay, castrate, emasculate, demasculinize, demasculinise, vasectomize, vasectomise
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English sex English desex From de- + sex.
