Definition of castrate
castrated
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castrate
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Examples of castrate in a Sentence
Farmers castrated the bull calf.
a movie version that castrates the hard-hitting novel
Recent Examples of castrate from the Web
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And, of course, there is Robert Potter, who signed the Texas Declaration of Independence, and in 1831 took out his knife and castrated two men believed to have been involved in an affair with his wife.
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Enslaved people across the country were lynched, maimed, castrated, and beaten preemptively in terror, and the myths of roving black male rapists on the hunt for white women took hold as the founding pillar of the modern carceral state.
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The horror story repeated most urgently among troopers and guards to justify the violence was that the prisoners had castrated one of the hostages.
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Voldemort took my wand and snapped it in half at the table, which as far as I'm concerned is like being castrated on national television.
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Turing is given the choice of being imprisoned or chemically castrated with oestrogen hormone injections.
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Origin and Etymology of castrate
Latin castratus, past participle of castrare; akin to Greek keazein to split, Sanskrit śasati he slaughters
First Known Use: 1554
CASTRATE Defined for English Language Learners
castrate
playDefinition of castrate for English Language Learners
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: to remove the testes of (a person or animal)
CASTRATE Defined for Kids
castrate
playDefinition of castrate for Students
castrated
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: to remove the sex glands of
Medical Dictionary
Medical Definition of castrate
castrated
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