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BNC: 20614 COCA: 22493

castrate

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castrate /ˈkæˌstreɪt/ Brit /kæˈstreɪt/ verb
castrates; castrated; castrating
castrate
/ˈkæˌstreɪt/ Brit /kæˈstreɪt/
verb
castrates; castrated; castrating
Learner's definition of CASTRATE
[+ object]
: to remove the testes of (a person or animal)阉割

— castration

/kæˈstreɪʃən/ noun [noncount]
BNC: 20614 COCA: 22493

castrate

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verb

cas·​trate ˈka-ˌstrāt How to pronounce castrate (audio)
castrated; castrating

transitive verb

1
: to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes
The sexes of sheep are not ascertained by agriculturists until several months after birth, at the period when the males are castrated. Charles Darwin
The infamous Emperor Nero was said to have had one of his slaves castrated by his surgeons. Joanne Nadol
also, chiefly in technical contexts : to deprive (a female animal or person) of the ovaries
2
a
: to render impotent
a drug used to chemically castrate sex offenders
b
: to deprive of virility : emasculate
Throughout his writing life Hemingway constantly criticized and satirized Fitzgerald, whom he felt had been psychologically castrated by Zelda, couldn't hold his liquor, had no personal dignity, and publicly humiliated himself. Jeffrey Meyers
c
: to deprive of vitality, strength, or effectiveness
The bill was castrated by removal of the enforcement provisions.
… a barrage of questions about whether energy policy dictated by the White House would castrate the EPA's drive to clean up air pollution. Nature
castration noun
castrator noun
castratory adjective

castrate

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noun

plural castrates
: a castrated individual
Arango was a well-known celibate with a special devotion to St. Erasmus of Delft, the castrate. Donald Barthelme
Castration of meat-producing male animals has been widely used for a very long time, mainly for an easier control of their behaviour and the higher propensity of castrates to deposit fat, a commodity that has been in high demand until quite recently. Carrick Devine and M. Dikeman

Example Sentences

Verb Farmers castrated the bull calf. a movie version that castrates the hard-hitting novel
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Members of the lynch mob cut off Hose’s ears and fingers one by one before castrating him. James Forman Jr., The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2017 It's revealed that the men in the cult aren't allowed to masturbate, a policy which closely mirrors the rules of David Koresh's cult (Koresh fathered all of the children in the cult, and had every male member castrated). Amy Mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Nov. 2017 Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker said Trump’s comments were the equivalent of castrating the secretary in public. Fortune, 15 Oct. 2017 Samson was castrated and converted to Islam and became Hassan Aga the Chief Eunuch and Treasurer to the Ottoman ruler of Algiers. Jerry Brotton, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2017 Suranart brought in a team of veterinarians to trap males and then castrate them. James Hookway, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2017 The expensive and easily injured animals are often castrated to improve their tempers. Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 4 May 2017 And here one is tempted to muse on the risks of direct democracy and the perilous downsides of castrating expertise while empowering the unwashed masses. Seth Stevenson, Slate Magazine, 17 Feb. 2017 Yoshikawa also has to have enough castrated bulls with the right temperament to handle a harness, all between 3 and 7 years old — the ideal age, according to Yoshikawa. Kelsey Lindsey, Alaska Dispatch News, 28 Aug. 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Latin castratus, past participle of castrare; akin to Greek keazein to split, Sanskrit śasati he slaughters

First Known Use

Verb

1554, in the meaning defined at sense 2c

Noun

1639, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of castrate was in 1554
BNC: 20614 COCA: 22493

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