emasculate
verb (used with object)
to deprive of strength; weaken.
had emasculated
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past perfectof emasculate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He thought that the assertive Congress of the 1970s had gone too far and had emasculated the presidency, making it nearly impossible for the president to get things done.
From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2025
The Egyptian troops were badly equipped, badly trained and badly led; but the defeat was taken as proof that Egypt's corrupt ruling class had emasculated the country.
From Time Magazine Archive
It had emasculated Mankind's natural suspicion of strangers.
From Assassin by Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone
In the following June a disaster occurred in a mine in Portage county owned by the member of the legislature who had emasculated the bill.
From The Coming of Coal by Robert W. Bruere
