Castration

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of castrating, or state of being castrated.
  • noun. In botany: The removal of anthers in the artificial crossing of plants.
  • noun. The destruction of the pollen in the anthers of certain flowers by parasitic fungi, as in the case of Lychnis dioica and other silenaceous plants attacked by the smut, Ustilago violacea.
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  • noun. The act of castrating.
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  • noun. The act of removing the testicles.
  • noun. Any act that removes power from a person (particularly a man) or entity.
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  • noun. the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work
  • noun. surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men)
  • noun. neutering a male animal by removing the testicles
    • Word Usage
    "The sponsor said that “castration is the least inconvenience [5] we may cause to the destroyers of our families and murderers of our children.”"
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