Main Entry: ¹cas·trate

Pronunciation: \ˈkas-ˌtrāt\

Function: transitive verb

Inflected Form(s): 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 especially by psychological means <uses these ideas…as an instrument to castrate and destroy him—Harold Clurman>

—cas·trat·er or cas·tra·tor \-ər\ noun

—cas·tra·tion \kas-ˈtrā-shən\ noun