geld
verb (used with object)
to castrate (an animal, especially a horse).
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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To him, silence is gelding and only two sounds are pleasing: his own voice and his listener's laughter.
From Time Magazine Archive
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