1. to deprive of masculine vigor, strength, or spirit; to weaken or make less effective
2. to castrate; to remove the male reproductive organs
Usage: medical; veterinary

Examples

• The constant criticism emasculates his confidence at work.
• She felt the new policy emasculates the committee’s authority.
• The veterinarian emasculates male cats to prevent overpopulation.
• His overbearing mother emasculates him in front of his friends.
• The budget cuts emasculate the program’s effectiveness.
• The farmer emasculates the young bulls each spring.