vt, cas*trat*ed  cas*trat*ing  1 a  :  to deprive of the testes  :  GELD  b  :  to deprive of the ovaries  :  SPAY  2  :  to render impotent or deprive of vitality esp. by psychological means <uses these ideas … as an instrument to and destroy him -Harold Clurman>  <an aggressive demanding castrating spouse>  cas*trat*er or  cas*tra*tor  n cas*tra*tion n 
, n :  a castrated individual .
 
 
 
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