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emasculate
/ɪˈmæskjʊleɪt/
verb
To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld.
Similar: unman
To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
Similar: debilitate, demasculate, enervate, enfeeble, unman
Of a flower: to deprive of the anthers.
adjective
Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned, weak.
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