"emasculate : (transitive) To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld. ..."

“emasculate : (transitive) To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld.
(transitive) To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
(transitive, botany) Of a flower: to deprive of the anthers.”

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