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verb
To deprive of sexual attributes or characteristics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To sterilize (deprive of the ability to procreate); to castrate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
make infertile
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: sterilize, sterilise, desex, desexualize, desexualise, fix
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: operate on, operate
Narrower terms: alter, neuter, spay, castrate, emasculate, demasculinize, demasculinise, vasectomize, vasectomise
verb
remove the qualities typical of one's sex
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
verb
deprive of sex or sexual powers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: deprive, strip, divest
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English sex English unsex From un- + sex.
