emasculate
verb
emas·cu·late
i-ˈma-skyə-ˌlāt 
emasculated; emasculating
1
: to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken
2
: to deprive of virility or procreative power : castrate
3
: to remove the androecium of (a flower) in the process of artificial cross-pollination
Examples of emasculate in a Sentence
He plays the role of a meek husband who has been emasculated by his domineering wife.
Critics charged that this change would emasculate the law.
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Women in these relationships were cast as disruptors of traditional gender roles, while men in these relationships were portrayed as emasculated.
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Kim Elsesser, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
Adrift and emasculated, Stan is less a patriarch than the defeated captain of a sinking ship, drowning in his futility.
—Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
After a whole season of crying about being emasculated!
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
There are no good statistics documenting this problem but, according to the sociologist Sanjay Srivastava, in many parts of North India, higher-caste men rape lower-caste women to emasculate lower-caste men.
—Ira Trivedi, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2014
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Kim Elsesser, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
Adrift and emasculated, Stan is less a patriarch than the defeated captain of a sinking ship, drowning in his futility.
—Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
After a whole season of crying about being emasculated!
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
There are no good statistics documenting this problem but, according to the sociologist Sanjay Srivastava, in many parts of North India, higher-caste men rape lower-caste women to emasculate lower-caste men.
—Ira Trivedi, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2014
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emasculate
transitive verb
emas·cu·late
i-ˈmas-kyə-ˌlāt
emasculated; emasculating
: to deprive of virility or procreative power : castrate
Legal Definition
emasculate
transitive verb
emas·cu·late
i-ˈmas-kyə-ˌlāt
emasculated; emasculating
: to deprive (as a law or judicial opinion) of force or effectiveness
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