1.  desexualize(v = verb.motion) desexualise - direct one's libidinous urges into another direction;
is one way to sublimate
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

2.  desexualize(v = verb.body) desex, desexualise, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex - make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"
is one way to operate, operate on
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody

desexualize, v.tr. (also -ise) deprive of sexual character or of the distinctive qualities of a sex.