· deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the law"
Synonym(s): castrate
Hypernym(s): weaken
· remove the testicles of a male animal
Synonym(s): castrate, demasculinize, demasculinise
Hypernym(s): sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix
· having unsuitable feminine qualities
Synonym(s): effeminate, epicene, cissy, sissified, sissyish, sissy