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castrated

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verb

past tense of castrate

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Recent Examples of castrated
Verb
This is the league, remember, where a man (Harvey Updyke) confessed to poisoning the trees at Auburn on a radio show after Alabama lost to the Tigers, and a coach (Jackie Sherrill at Mississippi State) castrated a bull to motivate his squad. Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026 Those expectations got castrated because of last season’s early struggles. Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026 Earlier this month, on Monday, June 8, Municipal Court Judge Louis Sancinito found Lowe guilty of possessing the deer without a permit, interfering with a conservation officer attempting to confiscate the animal, and having Rudy illegally castrated. Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026 Seemingly to help stave off temptation, a half dozen of the 18 male cult members who died had been surgically castrated, according to The New York Times, including Applewhite. Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 8 June 2026 If the very successful 25-year-old Coward had been caught with a man, he could have been jailed or chemically castrated. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026 After his conviction, Turing was chemically castrated. Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for castrated
Adjective
  • And that’s the main tension this season, as Beau is feeling emasculated by the dynamic.
    Marlow Stern, Variety, 30 July 2026
  • By contrast, Gercke’s emasculated George speaks in the monotonous style of a man worn down by life.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • But the Falkland Islands have undermined what should be a close relationship based on common interests.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Yust argues that this created a burden the defense did not have to bear, effectively promised evidence the attorney should have known would not be admitted and undermined the defense’s credibility with the jury.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • It’s well known that psychedelics such as LSD can spark psychotic breaks, but meditation can produce altered states of consciousness almost as powerful as those induced by psychedelics.
    Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Do the Tigers, here in this new, altered state, really have one more run left in them?
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Once the appeals process is exhausted, the court's certification is sent to the State Department, along with court records.
    Bill Chappell, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026
  • But their first-choice XI last season was good enough to take on most in the Premier League when fit and not be exhausted by a Conference League-winning campaign.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • All adoptable pets are spayed, neutered and up to date on vaccines and tests.
    Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
  • This reader hopes that will be a rebuttal to all the dubious America 250 content flooding orgs beholden to the neutered NEA.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • Using his antiseptic surgical technique, Joseph Lister successfully drained the pus.
    Abe Baker-Butler, STAT, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Crowds were drained by unprecedented heat and fans (and conferences) were set off by clock disparities.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Economic data for July showed retail sales and urban investment both weakened, adding to pressure on Beijing to step up support for the remainder of the year.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
  • This view suggests that the sense of shame was collectively weakened by a series of self-interested actors who shattered the social firmament and opened up the gates to chaos.
    Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • For the second time this season, the Red Raiders gelded the Cougars.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Dec. 2025

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“Castrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/castrated. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.

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