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Vinony

castration

noun

  1. surgical or chemical action that removes use of testicles
  2. surgical removal of gonads
  3. edit to change indelicate parts
  4. make weak
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kæˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English castrate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English castration From castrate + -ion.

  1. The act of removing the testicles.

    “Castration of bulls was a socialization process that turned a bull into an ox; in this transformation something wild became something very useful; nature became culture.”

    “The harlots' harmony echos within our cave of castration Accenting the weeps from the men remade as women; stripped of their appendages Probed and beaten A cult of deviant savages seducing bastards in the darkness”

  2. Any act that removes power from a person (particularly a man) or entity.