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Verb
S:
(v)
emasculate
,
castrate
(deprive of strength or vigor)
"The Senate emasculated the law"
S:
(v)
emasculate
,
castrate
,
demasculinize
,
demasculinise
(remove the testicles of a male animal)
direct troponym
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full troponym
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
derivationally related form
W:
(n)
emasculation
[Related to:
emasculate
] (neutering a male animal by removing the testicles)
W:
(n)
castration
[Related to:
castrate
] (neutering a male animal by removing the testicles)
W:
(n)
castrate
[Related to:
castrate
] (a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction)
"eunuchs guarded the harem"
sentence frame
Adjective
S:
(adj)
effeminate
,
emasculate
,
epicene
,
cissy
,
sissified
,
sissyish
,
sissy
(having unsuitable feminine qualities)
similar to
derivationally related form
antonym