castrate
Noun · VerbUS[kas-treyt]/ˈkæˌstreɪt/2 syllables
Synonyms:
eunuchemasculatebowdlerizebowdleriseexpurgateshortendemasculinizedemasculinisealterneuterspay
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction“eunuchs guarded the harem”Synonyms: eunuchType of man, adult male
Verb (4)castrated, castrating
- deprive of strength or vigor“The Senate emasculated the law”Synonyms: emasculateMore general weaken
- edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate“bowdlerize a novel”Synonyms: bowdlerizebowdleriseexpurgateshortenMore general abridge, foreshorten
- remove the testicles of a male animalSynonyms: emasculatedemasculinizedemasculiniseMore general sterilize, steriliseMore specific geld, caponize
- remove the ovaries of“Is your cat spayed?”Synonyms: alterneuterspayMore general sterilize, steriliseMore specific defeminize, defeminise
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Cas′trate transitive verb [past tense & past participle Castrated; present participle & verbal noun Castrating.]
Origin: L. castrarus, p; p. of castrare to castrate, asin to Skr. çastra knife.
1. To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter.
2. To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to expurgate.
My... correspondent... has sent me the following letter, which I have castrated in some places.— The Spectator
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54