Verb: desexualize dee'sek-syû-u,lIz
- Direct one's libidinous urges into another direction
"The monk desexualized his desires through meditation";
- desexualise [Brit]
- Make infertile
"in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are desexualized";
- sterilize, sterilise [Brit], desex, unsex, desexualise [Brit], fix
Derived forms: desexualized, desexualizes, desexualizing
Type of: operate, operate on, sublimate
Encyclopedia: Desexualize