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emasculate

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  1. unnerve               
 
emas.cu.late \i-'mas-ky*-.la-t\ \-l*t\ \i-.mas-ky*-'la--sh*n\ 
   \i-'mas-ky*-.la-t-*r\ vt [L emasculatus, pp. of emasculare, fr. e- + 
   masculus ma]le 1: to deprive of virile or procreative power : CASTRATE  2: 
   to deprive of masculine vigor or spirit : WEAKEN  - emas.cu.late aj