as in to undermine
to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality
a movie version that castrates the hard-hitting novel
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Recent Examples of castrate
Staffers also tried chemically castrating the animals with darts, a procedure used successfully in zoos around the world.
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Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024
Mira had castrated many horses, dogs and cats, but this was different from the usual neutering.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024
He was beaten and castrated and thrown into the local river.
—Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 20 June 2024
The men trudge their way to a professional kitchen, weighed down by the fear that cooking a meal will emasculate them or someone will ask them to castrate themselves before serving their manhood up on a platter.
—Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 18 Feb. 2024
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Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024
Mira had castrated many horses, dogs and cats, but this was different from the usual neutering.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024
He was beaten and castrated and thrown into the local river.
—Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 20 June 2024
The men trudge their way to a professional kitchen, weighed down by the fear that cooking a meal will emasculate them or someone will ask them to castrate themselves before serving their manhood up on a platter.
—Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 18 Feb. 2024
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He is also set on handing his successor a strong economy -- a feat that could be undermined by a sudden energy shock reprising the price spikes earlier in his administration.Jeff Stein and Ellen Nakashima The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 25 Dec. 2024
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Television—as noise, as news, as something to do instead of killing yourself—stalks the text of this lyric, undermining the poetic form’s association with idyll.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2024
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An easy monetary policy typically weakens a country’s currency, making exports cheaper and potentially supports growth in the face of tariffs.Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
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This rare condition occurs when the ligaments holding the lower ribs in place weaken, allowing the ribs to move out of position and causing pain.Lindsay Curtis, Health, 22 Dec. 2024
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Introverts often expend extra energy to engage in social interactions, which can be draining.Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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What follows is one of the most tonally bizarre and genuinely fun movies-about-movies ever made, touching on themes about the monstrosity of artistic genius while also letting Dafoe’s vampire be a diva who snatches a bat out of the air and drains it like a Capri Sun in front of the producers.Elle Carroll, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
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Workers wear pink jumpsuits with masks that conceal both their identity and their status as a worker.Kayti Burt, TIME, 24 Dec. 2024
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That will wear on anyone, particularly a 19-year-old still getting his feet wet — something Tortorella has suggested more than once.Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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With its high cost of living, political tensions and often exhausting hustle culture, there are numerous reasons Americans seek a different lifestyle in another country.Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 25 Dec. 2024
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Tempers flared at times while senators also added levity at times to the exhausting exercise.Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 20 Dec. 2024
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Medusa was known in ancient Greece for petrifying anyone who dared to look her in the eye, and has been seen as a personification of madness.Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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Numb to controversy: After constant scandals, Trump is desensitized to infernos that would petrify anyone else in business or politics.Axios, Axios, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Castrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/castrate. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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