castrate
pronunciation
How to pronounce castrate in British English:
UK [kæˈstreɪt]
How to pronounce castrate in American English:
US [ˈkæstreɪt]
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- Noun:
- a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction
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- Verb:
- deprive of strength or vigor
- edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
- remove the testicles of a male animal
- remove the ovaries of
Word Origin
- castrate (v.)
- 1610s (implied in castrated), back-formation from castration (q.v.), or from Latin castratus, past participle of castrare. The figurative sense is attested earlier (1550s). Related: Castrating.
Example
- 1. Your castrate of spay I regret now .
- 2. To castrate , or not to castrate , that is the question .
- 3. Would that those who are upsetting you might also castrate themselves !
- 4. But he nevertheless rejects the reactionaries who dismiss modernism : " for their impulse is not only to crush every new talent as it appears but to castrate the past as well . "
- 5. There is no better way on earth to castrate collectivised protest than to have everyone sitting in their bedroom , atomised and alienated , doing things they want to do in private .