as in to undermine
to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality
a movie version that castrates the hard-hitting novel
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Recent Examples of castrate
Justin Bieber has had multiple stalkers, including a New Mexico man and his nephew who plotted to murder and castrate the pop singer in 2013.
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Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
15 Mar. 2026
After his conviction, Turing was chemically castrated.
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Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
By way of example, Morris points to a scene in Wiseman's 1993 documentary Zoo, in which an all-women surgical team at Miami zoo castrates a wolf.
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Chloe Veltman,
NPR,
16 Feb. 2026
There was a serial castrator on the Upper West Side who would take kids, lead ’m into Central Park, castrate them, and then murder them.
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David Frum,
The Atlantic,
28 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for castrate
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
15 Mar. 2026
After his conviction, Turing was chemically castrated.
—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
By way of example, Morris points to a scene in Wiseman's 1993 documentary Zoo, in which an all-women surgical team at Miami zoo castrates a wolf.
—
Chloe Veltman,
NPR,
16 Feb. 2026
There was a serial castrator on the Upper West Side who would take kids, lead ’m into Central Park, castrate them, and then murder them.
—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
28 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for castrate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for castrate
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Context that undermines sensational allegations is minimized.
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Allies include Brin’s Building a Better California, which is bankrolling two counter-measures aimed at undermining the billionaire tax.
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The flow of dark traffic is one of the factors that helped explain why oil markets had weakened significantly by early June, together with a surge in exports from the US and pullback in buying by China.
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But as several surveys have consistently indicated, optimism about our country's outlook has undeniably weakened.
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Conwell drained a three on his first shot but then missed six in a row, before hitting another three late in the third quarter.
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The promotion dropped on Monday, June 29 and almost immediately, the original $150,000 budget allocated to the promotion was drained —covering some 25,000 pulls.
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But on Wednesday, the day after Mexico beat Ecuador 2-0 to secure its fourth consecutive World Cup victory, the fan and his wife, Angélica Arias, walked to the plaza wearing two identical caps.
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And even though Georgia law does not require this, all cyclists and scooterists should wear helmets.
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In the finals, Israel faced an Australian team already exhausted after fending off South Korea, Japan and Rhodesia (itself in the Asian tournament after being banned in Africa over its white governing regime).
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For years, people have been frustrated and exhausted by the seemingly endless amount of swiping and small talk that go nowhere on dating apps.
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The first film follows a group of French high-school students who travel to Naples on a school trip to discover the ruins of Pompeii and the bodies petrified by Vesuvius.
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Johansson plays her with a tough edge to match her Queens accent, but Hester is clearly petrified by this perfect storm of ugly events.
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“Castrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/castrate. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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