[syn: sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
desexualize \desexualize\ v. i. & t.
to direct one's libidinous urges into another direction.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. same as desex.
Syn: sterilize, desex, unsex, fix, make infertile.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
desexualize
v 1: direct one's libidinous urges into another direction [syn:
desexualize, desexualise]
2: make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically
transmissible disabilites are sterilized" [syn: sterilize,
sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise,
fix]