castreren
Meaning
- (transitive) to castrate, to neuter (remove the testicles of)
- (broadly, transitive) to remove the female genitals, or even a plant's stamen
- (transitive) to emasculate, to reduce to a lesser, weaker state ('less balls')
- (transitive) to remove contentious material (from a text, film, etc.); to censor, to bowdlerize, to redact
- (reflexive) to mutilate oneself, physically or otherwise
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌkɑsˈtreː.rə(n)/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle Dutch castreren, from Latin castrō.
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