émasculer

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French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ēmasculāre.

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Verb

émasculer

  1. (transitive) to emasculate (to deprive a male of the organs of reproduction)
    Synonyms: castrer, châtrer
  2. (transitive, figuratively, literary) to emasculate (to make weak, to deprive one of one's strength, to strip of one's original strength)
    Synonyms: abâtardir, amollir

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