castrate
Example Sentences
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“Why would they completely castrate this iconic, beloved character?” she wrote.
From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2022
The anxiety of influence can trigger hysterical pastiche or castrate an author’s creativity.
From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2020
“Lay people can castrate and dehorn, but they don’t always recognize if an animal is sick,” he said.
From Washington Times • Mar. 21, 2020
His formative influences included his grandfather Lawrence Preston Gise, who is usually described in press accounts as Bezos would’ve known him – a semi-retired rancher showing his grandson how to castrate bulls.
From The Guardian • Jan. 31, 2019
What would a society of eunuchs achieve?—But of course they are not eunuchs, in somer, but rather more comparable to preadolescents: not castrate, but latent.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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