castrated
Example Sentences
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"He offered to be chemically castrated," said Marcia.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
He told the investor he saved money by buying cheaper but harder-to-handle male calves that haven’t been castrated and having his own team do it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
Female hamadryas baboons given hormonal contraception lived 29 percent longer, while castrated males lived 19 percent longer.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 16, 2026
In their heyday, Handel’s operas almost always involved castrati, singers who were castrated as boys to preserve their higher voices but still gained the full lung capacity and overall stamina of grown men.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
A castrated man; especially, one of those who were employed as harem attendants or functionaries in certain Oriental courts.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
