Thesaurus: castrate

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1. v. t. To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter.
2. v. t. To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to expurgate.
3. n. a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction
4. v. deprive of strength or vigor
5. v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
6. v. remove the testicles of a male animal
7. v. remove the ovaries of
8. 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. Spectator.
9. v:100 n a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction v deprive of strength or vigor v edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate v remove the testicles of a male animal v remove the ovaries of