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castrate
cas‧trate/kæˈstreɪt $ ˈkæstreɪt/ verb [TRANSITIVE] [date : 1400-1500; Language : Latin; Origin : past participle of castrare] to remove the testiclesof a male animal or a man
—castration /kæˈstreɪʃən/ noun [UNCOUNTABLE]
verb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Every two or three years the family organises a festival for branding the calves and castrating the young bulls. ▪ He had apparently adopted the Danakil custom of castrating the dead and dying. ▪ In many such cases, vets often castrate the apparent aggressor, but this invariably makes matter a lot worse. ▪ One of the young man's eyes had been gouged out and he had been castrated. ▪ Store boss James Andrews was warned his sons would be castrated if he did not get the ransom. ▪ The farmer may castrate the excess bulls, creating steers, or slaughter them. ▪ The guide picked up the rifle, shot and castrated him, and made off.
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