CASTRATE Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

castrate

verb

ˈka-ˌstrāt

Definition of castrate next

as in to undermine

to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality a movie version that castrates the hard-hitting novel

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Recent Examples of castrate There was a serial castrator on the Upper West Side who would take kids, lead ’m into Central Park, castrate them, and then murder them. —

David Frum, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026 Before long a steer, or castrated bull, named Sue gingerly wanders into the Darwin home. —

CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025 Set in the Italian opera world of the 1700s, Rice’s novel tells the not-for-the-squeamish story of two male soprano singers who were castrated as boys in order to maintain their high voices. —

David Browne, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2025 Donkey has now been castrated, and the adorable family trio lives together in a large field with Partridge's other horses. —

Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for castrate

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Future decisions embracing those limits could further undermine the landmark voting law, long considered the crown jewel of the civil rights movement, and hamper the ability of voting rights groups and individual voters to file lawsuits alleging violations of the measure.

— Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 18 May 2026
Sandweg said one of the director's most underappreciated responsibilities is managing that internal fault line, ensuring that ERO's highly visible arrest operations do not undermine HSI's ability to cultivate the confidential informants and foreign partnerships on which its work depends.

— Philip Wang, Time, 18 May 2026