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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