Definition of Emasculate
Emasculate
Em·as·cu·late


Definition/Meaning
(verb)
To deprive of strength, vigor, or masculinity; to weaken or castrate.

e.g. The politician's opponents tried to emasculate his campaign with negative ads.

(verb)
take away one's virility or procreative power;

e.g. Her domineering behavior was a quickfire way to emasculate him.

(verb)
to remove the androecium in the process of artificial cross-pollination of a flower;

e.g. He worked in the greenhouse to emasculate a new species of geranium.



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