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

Derived forms: defeminizing, defeminizes, defeminized

Type of: alter, castrate, neuter, spay