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Dictionary: un·sex   (ŭn-sĕks') pronunciation
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tr.v., -sexed, -sex·ing, -sex·es.
  1. To deprive of sexual capacity or sexual attributes.
  2. To castrate.

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    To render incapable of reproducing sexually: alter, castrate, fix, geld, neuter, spay, sterilize. See reproduction/barrenness, rich/poor.

Veterinary Dictionary: unsex
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To deprive of the gonads.

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The verb has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: deprive of sex or sexual powers

Meaning #2: remove the qualities typical of one's sex

Meaning #3: make infertile; of both males and females
  Synonyms: sterilize, sterilise, desex, desexualize, desexualise, fix

 
 
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