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Adjective: emasculated  i'mas-kyu,ley-tid
  1. (of a male animal) having the testicles removed
    "The emasculated bull was no longer aggressive";
    - cut, gelded
Verb: emasculate  i'mas-kyu,leyt
  1. Deprive of masculinity or male identity; make weak and unmanly
    "He felt emasculated after losing his job and becoming financially dependent on his wife";
    - evirate [rare]
     
  2. Deprive of strength or vigour
    "The Senate emasculated the law";
    - castrate
     
  3. [archaic] Remove the testicles of a male animal
    "They emasculated the bull to make it more docile";
    - castrate, demasculinize, demasculinise [Brit], evirate [rare]

See also: castrated, unsexed

Type of: desex, desexualise [Brit], desexualize, fix, sterilise [Brit], sterilize, unsex, weaken

Encyclopedia: Emasculated

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