"emasculate" in the verb sense
1. emasculate, castrate
deprive of strength or vigor
"The Senate emasculated the law"
2. emasculate, castrate, demasculinize, demasculinise
remove the testicles of a male animal
"emasculate" in the adjective sense
1. effeminate, emasculate, epicene, cissy, sissified, sissyish, sissy
having unsuitable feminine qualities
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