castreren

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to castrate, to neuter (remove the testicles of)
  2. (broadly, transitive) to remove the female genitals, or even a plant's stamen
  3. (transitive) to emasculate, to reduce to a lesser, weaker state ('less balls')
  4. (transitive) to remove contentious material (from a text, film, etc.); to censor, to bowdlerize, to redact
  5. (reflexive) to mutilate oneself, physically or otherwise

Frequency

25k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌkɑsˈtreː.rə(n)/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch castreren, from Latin castrō.

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