unsex

Verb

WordNet 3.0

Verb (3)

  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”Synonyms: sterilizesterilisedesexdesexualizedesexualisefix
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]
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