"emasculate" meaning in English

See emasculate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɪˈmask.jʊl.lət/ [UK], /əˈmæs.kjə.leɪt/ [US] Audio: en-au-emasculate.ogg [Australia] Forms: emasculate [positive], [comparative], [superlative]
enPR: ĭ.măsʹkyə.lət [US] Head templates: {{adj}} [POS TABLE]
  1. An emasculate man is a person who is deprived of his identity.
    Sense id: simple-emasculate-en-adj-fcnwzVWB

Verb

IPA: /ɪˈmask.jʊlˌeɪt/ [UK], /əˈmæs.kjəˌleɪt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-emasculate.wav [UK] Forms: emasculate [canonical], emasculates [third-person, singular], emasculated [past], emasculated [past, participle], emasculating [present, participle]
enPR: ĭ.măsʹkyə.lāt' [US] Head templates: {{verb|emasculat|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you emasculate a man, you deprive him of his role or identity.
    Sense id: simple-emasculate-en-verb-YukbxNwj
  2. If you emasculate a man, you deprive castrate him.
    Sense id: simple-emasculate-en-verb-SOyKS~gj Categories (other): Old words
  3. If you emasculate a person, you make them weaker or less effective.
    Sense id: simple-emasculate-en-verb-5lKX~80v
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