castrate
verb (used with object)
to remove the testes of; emasculate; geld.
had castrated
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past perfectof castrate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The implication was that it hadn’t been safe before — that Twitter’s previous bosses had castrated Cook’s natural online state, depriving the masses of his provocative yet hilarious content.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 7, 2022
Ms. Ernst entered the Senate on the strength of a buzzworthy “Make ‘Em Squeal” ad, pledging to cut wasteful spending just as she had castrated pigs on her family farm.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2020
