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DESEXUALIZE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make infertile

Example:

in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized

Synonyms:

desex; desexualise; desexualize; fix; sterilise; sterilize; unsex

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "desexualize" is one way to...):

operate; operate on (perform surgery on)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "desexualize"):

alter; castrate; neuter; spay (remove the ovaries of)

castrate; demasculinise; demasculinize; emasculate (remove the testicles of a male animal)

vasectomise; vasectomize (remove the vas deferens)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Direct one's libidinous urges into another direction

Synonyms:

desexualise; desexualize

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "desexualize" is one way to...):

sublimate (direct energy or urges into useful activities)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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