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Type Words
Synonyms expurgation
Type of deletion
Has types bowdlerisation, bowdlerization
Derivation castrate
Type Words
Synonyms emasculation
Type of altering, fixing, neutering
Derivation castrate
Type Words
Type of surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, operation, surgery
Derivation castrate


bilateral castration results in sterilization.

Examples of castration

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RussianPresidentDmitry Medvedev calls for the chemical castration of pedophiles.
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Freud identified Schreber's fantasy of becoming a woman as a castration complex.
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These weridos fear calories and weight gain more castration or impending death.
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Morrow called for chemical castration of child rapists on the first conviction.
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The final proven approach to castration-resistant prostate cancer is a vaccine.
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Ryan take your son out and put a castration band on him and she what he thinks.
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But let's imagine that Hamas would agree to its own castration, as the PLO did.
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They are forced to endure painful procedures such as de-beaking and castration.
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Castration is commonly performed on domestic animals not intended for breeding.
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More examples
  • Neutering a male animal by removing the testicles
  • Surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men); "bilateral castration results in sterilization"
  • Expurgation: the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work
  • (castrate) emasculate: deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the law"
  • (castrate) eunuch: a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction; "eunuchs guarded the harem"
  • (castrate) bowdlerize: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
  • (castrate) emasculate: remove the testicles of a male animal
  • (castrate) alter: remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
  • (castrated) deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes