castrate
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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