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
Staffers also tried chemically castrating the animals with darts, a procedure used successfully in zoos around the world.
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Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024
Mira had castrated many horses, dogs and cats, but this was different from the usual neutering.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024
He was beaten and castrated and thrown into the local river.
—Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 20 June 2024
The men trudge their way to a professional kitchen, weighed down by the fear that cooking a meal will emasculate them or someone will ask them to castrate themselves before serving their manhood up on a platter.
—Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 18 Feb. 2024
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Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024
Mira had castrated many horses, dogs and cats, but this was different from the usual neutering.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024
He was beaten and castrated and thrown into the local river.
—Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 20 June 2024
The men trudge their way to a professional kitchen, weighed down by the fear that cooking a meal will emasculate them or someone will ask them to castrate themselves before serving their manhood up on a platter.
—Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 18 Feb. 2024
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With polls closing Tuesday evening, officials are warning that foreign adversaries will likely spread false stories about election hacks to undermine trust in the voting process.Sam Sabin, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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Since Musk purchased Twitter, that policy no longer explicitly bans content that seeks to undermine the outcome of an election.Jenn Brice, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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Such a test would be a sign of China’s weakening influence over Pyongyang and could spur Seoul to try to acquire nuclear weapons of its own—a position that both South Korea and the United States officially oppose but is gaining traction in Western policy circles.Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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With its climate leadership perceived to be weakening, New Zealand may get a cooler reception at COP than in previous years, especially from Pacific Island nations, Cooper said.Mahalia Dobson, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
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But harassment campaigns and lawsuits that drain companies of time, money, resources and trust are much easier and can be just as punitive.Sara Fischer, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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Independent of the probable timeline for making repairs to Tropicana Field, it can't be used as an outdoor venue either, because the stadium was not engineered to drain rainwater away from the field.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Though both wear hats and masks and keep their heads down, there is one full-face photo caught on the Ring as a delivery man picks up the two-month-old mattress.Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
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The uniforms will be worn for six regular-season home games in total.Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024
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Retirees would also be facing a bigger benefit cut, up to 33% of their monthly checks rather than the 23% currently forecast, when the trust fund is exhausted, the group estimates.Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
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However, due to the high demand in many countries, the Pandemic Fund will exhaust most of its funds by next June.Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024
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The body was supposedly petrified by sap, and the loggers found several gold coins dating to the late 1600s, as well as pieces of paper identifying the person as Pierre D’Artagnan.Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024
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The West and Israel should be mindful over the apparent change in tempo of Iran’s uranium enrichment and be petrified of losing the wider war of non proliferation in a region unable to step back from the brink.Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 28 Sep. 2024
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“Castrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/castrate. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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