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Meaning of 'castrate'
Meaning of 'castrate' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Castrate 
[ v. t.]
- To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld;
to alter. [ v. t.]- To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to expurgate.
Meaning of 'castrate' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. castrate [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction
- a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction
Example in sentence:
- eunuchs guarded the harem
2. castrate [ v]
[ v]Meaning (2):
- edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
- edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
Example in sentence:
- bowdlerize a novel
Meaning (3):
- remove the ovaries of
- remove the ovaries of
Example in sentence:
- Is your cat spayed?
Meaning (4):
- deprive of strength or vigor
- deprive of strength or vigor
Example in sentence:
- The Senate emasculated the law
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