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1. Remove the testicles of a male animal
   - emasculate [archaic], demasculinize, demasculinise [Brit], evirate [rare]
    
2. Deprive of strength or vigour
   "The Senate castrated the law";
   - emasculate
    
3. Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
   "castrate a novel";
   - bowdlerize, bowdlerise [Brit], expurgate, shorten
    
4. Remove the ovaries of
   "Is your cat castrated?";
   - alter, neuter, spay

1. A man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction
   "castrates guarded the harem";
   - eunuch

Derived forms: castrated, castrates, castrating

Type of: abbreviate, abridge, adult male, bozo [N. Amer, informal], cat [N. Amer, informal], chappie [Brit, informal], contract, cut, desex, desexualise [Brit], desexualize, fix, foreshorten, geezer [Brit, informal], guy [informal], hombre [Brit, N. Amer, informal], man, reduce, shorten, sod [informal], sterilise [Brit], sterilize, unsex, weaken

Encyclopedia: Castrate