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
The shelter notes that Dwayne isn’t castrated, so his new home should only have other males and/or females that have been spayed.
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Tj MacIas, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
The victims are all male, the corpses all castrated, and each crime scene is signed with lines of poetry by the Argentinean writer Alejandra Pizarnik.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
As MacCulloch writes, impoverished parents might arrange for their son to be castrated to better his prospects for religious life and education.
—S. C. Cornell, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
In an unnamed city, a man has been murdered and castrated, his body left in an alley.
—Katie Kitamura, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
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Tj MacIas, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
The victims are all male, the corpses all castrated, and each crime scene is signed with lines of poetry by the Argentinean writer Alejandra Pizarnik.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
As MacCulloch writes, impoverished parents might arrange for their son to be castrated to better his prospects for religious life and education.
—S. C. Cornell, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
In an unnamed city, a man has been murdered and castrated, his body left in an alley.
—Katie Kitamura, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for castrate
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Miranda Jeyaretnam and Chad de Guzman reported on April 30, 2025, for the 50th anniversary of the war’s end, on how President Donald Trump is undermining U.S.-Vietnam reconciliation.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
30 Apr. 2025
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This kind of long-term vision is undermined by drastic and unpredictable trade policies.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Apr. 2025
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As more state legislation is passed that weakens or eliminates longstanding fire and life safety codes, the need for young workers who are trained and passionate about reversing these trends is high.—
Jim Pauley,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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The pests set about sucking the sap from grape roots, slowly weakening them and opening wounds that invited disease.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
28 Apr. 2025
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The arena goes icily silent, punctuated by some half-hearted boos as the clock drains down.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Today's Amazon deals are built to level up your setup without draining your wallet.—
Shubham Yewale,
PC Magazine,
1 May 2025
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Famously, stage and film star Sir Sean Connery openly discussed wearing a headpiece in all of his James Bond roles.—
Rhiannon Frater,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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Inter won a free kick in the first minute of the second half — and Chivu, who wore a sporadically unclasped rugby scrum cap during the game, blasted it wide from 40 yards out, emphasising their total disinterest in mounting any meaningful attack.—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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Dominate a single platform Many entrepreneurs exhaust themselves trying to maintain presence across every social channel, newsletter platform, and podcast directory.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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The gorilla could easily maim several men before being exhausted.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Apr. 2025
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He was petrified by the thought of dying of cancer or some other disease whose senselessness disgusted him.—
Ian Buruma,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025
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Medusa was known in ancient Greece for petrifying anyone who dared to look her in the eye, and has been seen as a personification of madness.—
Sarah Belmont,
ARTnews.com,
17 Dec. 2024
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“Castrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/castrate. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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