castrate(n = noun.person) eunuch - a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction; "eunuchs guarded the harem"
is a kind of adult male, man
Derived form verb castrate₃

1.  castrate(v = verb.change) emasculate - deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the law"
is one way to weaken
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

2.  castrate(v = verb.change) bowdlerise, bowdlerize, expurgate, shorten - edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
is one way to abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten
Derived form noun castration₃
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

3.  castrate(v = verb.body) demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate - remove the testicles of a male animal;
is one way to desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex
Derived forms noun castrate₁, noun castration₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody

4.  castrate(v = verb.body) alter, neuter, spay - remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
is one way to desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex
Derived forms noun castration₂, noun neuter₁, noun neutering₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody

1.  To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter. [1913 Webster]

2.  To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to expurgate. [1913 Webster]
"My . . . correspondent . . . has sent me the following letter, which I have castrated in some places." [1913 Webster]

castrate, v.tr.
1 remove the testicles of; geld.
2 deprive of vigour.

Derivative:
castration n. castrator n.

Etymology:
L castrare

VB  be clean, render clean, clean, cleanse, mundify, rinse, wring, flush, full, wipe, mop, sponge, scour, swab, scrub, brush up, wash, lave, launder, buck, absterge, deterge, decrassify, clear, purify, depurate, despumate, defecate, purge, expurgate, elutriate, lixiviate, edulcorate, clarify, refine, rack, filter, filtrate, drain, strain, disinfect, fumigate, ventilate, deodorize, whitewash, castrate, emasculate, sift, winnow, pick, weed, comb, rake, brush, sweep, rout out, clear out, sweep out, make a clean sweep of.

VB  subduct, subtract, deduct, deduce, bate, retrench, remove, withdraw, take from, take away, detract, garble, mutilate, amputate, detruncate, cut off, cut away, cut out, abscind, excise, pare, thin, prune, decimate, abrade, scrape, file, geld, castrate, eliminate, diminish, curtail, deprive of, weaken.

VB  be impotent, not have a leg to stand on, vouloir rompre l'anguille au genou, vouloir prendre la lune avec les dents, collapse, faint, swoon, fall into a swoon, drop, go by the board, go by the wayside, go up in smoke, end in smoke, render powerless, deprive of power, disable, disenable, disarm, incapacitate, disqualify, unfit, invalidate, deaden, cramp, tie the hands, double up, prostrate, paralyze, muzzle, cripple, becripple, maim, lame, hamstring, draw the teeth of, throttle, strangle, garrotte, garrote, ratten, silence, sprain, clip the wings of, put hors de combat, spike the guns, take the wind out of one's sails, scotch the snake, put a spoke in one's wheel, break the neck, break the back, unhinge, unfit, put out of gear, unman, unnerve, enervate, emasculate, castrate, geld, alter, neuter, sterilize, fix, shatter, exhaust, weaken.