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emasculate

/ɪˈmæskjʊleɪt/
verb
  1. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld.

    Similar: unman

  2. To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.

    Similar: debilitate, demasculate, enervate, enfeeble, unman

  3. Of a flower: to deprive of the anthers.

Synonymsdebilitate, demasculate, enervate, enfeeble, unman, unman
Antonymsempower, invigorate, masculate, strengthen
adjective
  1. Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned, weak.

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