Definition: a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction
Usage: eunuchs guarded the harem
Similar words: man, adult male
Definition: an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
Usage: there were two women and six men on the bus
Synonyms: castrate, alter, spay, neuter
Definition: remove the ovaries of
Usage: Is your cat spayed?
Similar words: unsex, fix, sterilise, sterilize, desex, desexualise, desexualize
Definition: make infertile
Usage: in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized
Synonyms: demasculinise, demasculinize, castrate, emasculate
Definition: remove the testicles of a male animal
Similar words: unsex, fix, sterilise, sterilize, desex, desexualise, desexualize
Definition: make infertile
Usage: in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized
Synonyms: bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, shorten, expurgate
Definition: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
Usage: bowdlerize a novel
Similar words: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, reduce, foreshorten, shorten
Definition: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
Usage: The manuscript must be shortened
Synonyms: emasculate, castrate
Definition: deprive of strength or vigor
Usage: The Senate emasculated the law