CASTRATED Synonyms: 116 Similar and Opposite Words

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Definition of castrated

as in emasculated

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verb

past tense of castrate

as in undermined

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

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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

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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
Squeaky voices were comic, or emasculated.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026

Definition of emasculated

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Brilliant start undermined The first half hour of the match was played at the pace Ivory Coast desired with Les Elephants using their high press and long passes to consistently put Norway on its heels.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 June 2026
Community opposition to temporary waste storage, which risks becoming permanent without a federal waste repository, further undermined the project.

— Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of undermined

Adjective

Evidence also led officials to arrest an unnamed juvenile, who police say is facing charges of criminal use of an article with an altered identification mark and possession of a handgun by a person under 18.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Court records show he was also charged with failure to stop at a stop sign or flashing red light, failure to heed to a siren, a window tinting violation, and having a fake or altered tag or registration.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 18 June 2026

Definition of altered

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Base editing was used for the first time in a 2022 clinical trial to modify the immune cells of a UK teenager after doctors exhausted all other options to treat her form of leukemia.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
As a retired New Jersey State Trooper, Bob exhausted all of his law enforcement resources.

— Edie Peffley, NBC news, 8 July 2026

Definition of exhausted

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No date has been announced, but USA TODAY asked the Department of the Interior and the White House when the pool would be drained and repairs would begin.

— Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Conwell drained a three on his first shot but then missed six in a row, before hitting another three late in the third quarter.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026

Definition of drained

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All three, the panel noted, have weakened or dropped earlier pledges to halt development on their own if certain red lines came into view, and in recent years softened their resistance to military uses.

— Harry Booth, Time, 7 July 2026
It is weakened by surprises, side channels, performative challenge and unclear authority.

— David Ribott, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

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