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

Some of the victims had been castrated, he said.

From Washington Times

Castration caused a physical difference in the way these voices functioned — and in the body shape and size of the castrated men — but the resultant sound was much the same as today's countertenor sound.

From Salon

In the study, they envisaged an ideal scenario in which 30 animals need to be culled or castrated every year to stop that happening.

From BBC