castrate

Example Sentences

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Their claws had been ripped out and they had no mane after being castrated at birth, Violas said.

From Reuters

The “far-reaching and ever-growing” investigation, she said Thursday, “consumed City Hall, often leaving employees paralyzed, and fearful of making the smallest of mistakes, lest they too be investigated, or castrated on the evening news.”

From Seattle Times

It's like trying to turn Ted Bundy into some hapless victim of a castrating feminist mob.

From Salon

Some of the victims had been castrated, he said.

From Washington Times

One day, visiting her aunt’s Arizona ranch, she saw cattle being put in a squeeze chute: a pen with compressing metal sides, which kept them calm while they were branded or castrated.

From The Guardian