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[syn: sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Unsex \Un*sex"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Unsexed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Unsexing.] [1st pref. un- + sex.]
To deprive of sex, or of qualities becoming to one's sex;
esp., to make unfeminine in character, manners, duties, or
the like; as, to unsex a woman.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
unsex
v 1: deprive of sex or sexual powers
2: remove the qualities typical of one's sex; "She unsexed
herself"
3: make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically
transmissible disabilites are sterilized" [syn: sterilize,
sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise,
fix]