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Verb: defeminise  dee'fe-mu,nIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: defeminize)
  1. Surgically remove the ovaries and/or uterus from a female animal
    "The vet defeminised the stray cats to control the population";
    - defeminize
     
  2. Remove or reduce feminine characteristics or qualities
    "The military training seemed designed to defeminise the female recruits";
    - defeminize

Derived forms: defeminises, defeminised, defeminising

Type of: alter, castrate, neuter, spay