| Main Entry: | castrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove sexual organs |
Synonyms: |
alter, asexualize, caponize, change, cut, deprive of virility, desexualize, emasculate, eunuchize, fix, geld, mutilate, neuter, spay, sterilize, unsex |
| Main Entry: | alter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sterilize animal |
Synonyms: |
caponize, castrate, change, desexualize, emasculate, fix, geld, mutilate, neuter, spay, unsex |
| Main Entry: | maim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cripple, put out of action |
Synonyms: |
batter, blemish, break, castrate, crush, damage, deface, disable, disfigure, dismember, disqualify, gimp, hack, hamstring, harm, hog-tie, hurt, impair, incapacitate, injure, lame, mangle, mar, massacre, maul, mayhem, mutilate, spoil, truncate, warp, wound |
Antonyms: |
aid, cure, heal, help, repair |
| Main Entry: | neuter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove sex organs |
Synonyms: |
alter, castrate, change, desexualize, doctor, dress, fix, geld, make barren, make impotent, make infertile, make sexless, mutilate, spay, sterilize, unsex |
| Main Entry: | sterilize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make clean or unproductive |
Synonyms: |
alter, antisepticize, autoclave, castrate, change, clean, decontaminate, desexualize, disinfect, emasculate, fix, fumigate, incapacitate, make sterile, neuter, pasteurize, purify, sanitize, spay |
Antonyms: |
dirty |
| Main Entry: | spay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sterilize |
Synonyms: |
alter, antisepticize, autoclave, castrate, change, clean, decontaminate, desexualize, disinfect, emasculate, fix*, fumigate, geld, incapacitate, make sterile, neuter, pasteurize, purify, sanitize, unsex |
| Main Entry: | unsex |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sterilize |
Synonyms: |
alter, antisepticize, autoclave, castrate, change, clean, decontaminate, desexualize, disinfect, emasculate, fix*, fumigate, geld, incapacitate, make sterile, neuter, pasteurize, purify, sanitize, spay |