emasculate
verb (used with object)
to deprive of strength; weaken.
was emasculating
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past progressiveof emasculate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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A new entertainment technology, TV, was emasculating cinema as a cultural force, and film studios had started to fossilize into bottom line-oriented businesses.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2020
The French pronunciation was emasculating to the Russian President, making him sound like those Canadian french fries with gravy on them.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2017
But while Peron was emasculating his political opposition, he ran into economic storms.
From Time Magazine Archive
