Verb: defeminize dee'fe-mu,nIz
- Surgically remove the ovaries and/or uterus from a female animal
"The vet defeminized the stray cats to control the population";
- defeminise [Brit]
- Remove or reduce feminine characteristics or qualities
"The military training seemed designed to defeminize the female recruits";
- defeminise [Brit]
Derived forms: defeminizing, defeminizes, defeminized