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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sterilize |
| Synonyms: | alter, antisepticize, autoclave, castrate, change, clean, decontaminate, desexualize, disinfect, emasculate, fix*, fumigate, geld, incapacitate, make sterile, neuter, pasteurize, purify, sanitize, spay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | castrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove sexual organs |
| Synonyms: | alter, asexualize, caponize, change, cut, deprive of virility, desexualize, emasculate, eunuchize, fix, geld, mutilate, neuter, spay, sterilize, unsex |
| Main Entry: | neuter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove sex organs |
| Synonyms: | alter, castrate, change, desexualize, doctor, dress, fix, geld, make barren, make impotent, make infertile, make sexless, mutilate, spay, sterilize, unsex |
| Main Entry: | spay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sterilize |
| Synonyms: | alter, antisepticize, autoclave, castrate, change, clean, decontaminate, desexualize, disinfect, emasculate, fix*, fumigate, geld, incapacitate, make sterile, neuter, pasteurize, purify, sanitize, unsex |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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