emasculate
/ɪˈmæskjəleɪt/
verb
- To make someone or something feel less powerful, strong, or confident.
- The constant criticism from his boss seemed to emasculate him in front of his team.
- The new law was designed to emasculate the power of the corrupt officials.
- Some people feel that losing a job can emasculate a person, no matter their gender.
- To remove the male reproductive organs; to castrate.
- Veterinarians sometimes emasculate male animals to control breeding.
- In ancient times, some rulers would emasculate their prisoners as a form of punishment.
- The farmer had to emasculate the young bull to make it more docile.
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