GELT Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

geld

verb

ˈgeld

as in to undermine

to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality by the time of the fourth rewrite, the screenplay had pretty much been gelded of all originality

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Recent Examples of geld By gelding a choirboy, the Church would suspend his gossamer vocal cords so that a child’s song could live on in a man’s throat, backed, crucially, by a man’s powerful lungs. —

Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026 Gegen and his 12-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding One Question raced through the course in 44.686 seconds for the win. —

Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2025 An Oldenburg gelding in the horse barn, which is paved with rubber tiles; another stall contains a 1900s French armchair, a 19th-century table, and bird prints. —

Anita Sarsidi, ELLE Decor, 1 June 2023 Because Moscow retains a close partner in this effort to geld Ukraine—a vassal state that presents the model for what Putin would like to accomplish in Ukraine: Belarus. —

Casey Michel, The New Republic, 1 Mar. 2022 See All Example Sentences for geld

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Court records show Sorsby wagered at least $90,000, including bets on Indiana football, as the NCAA warns the ruling could destabilize college sports and undermine competitive integrity.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
But that kind of moderation bottleneck undermined the Polymath vision.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 8 June 2026