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UNSEX
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they unsex
... he / she / it unsexes
Past simple: unsexed
-ing form: unsexing
Sense 1
Meaning:
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 "unsex" is one way to...):
operate; operate on (perform surgery on)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "unsex"):
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:
Remove the qualities typical of one's sex
Example:
She unsexed herself
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "unsex" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 3
Meaning:
Deprive of sex or sexual powers
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "unsex" is one way to...):
deprive; divest; strip (take away possessions from someone)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody