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castrate

cas.trate \'kas-.tra-t\ \ka-'stra--sh*n\ vt [L castratus, pp. of castrate; 
   akin to Skt s'asati he cuts] to pieces 1a: to deprive of the testes : GELD  
   1b: to deprive of the ovaries : SPAY  2: to deprive of vitality or effect : 
   EMASCULATE  - castrate n