emasculate
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That dynamic was taboo for generations of Americans who feared it might emasculate men and ruin couples’ romantic lives.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 27, 2025
"You emasculate little boys and who's going to don the next police uniform?" the man had asked.
From Salon • Jun. 30, 2023
The British attempted to correct the problem by using another lubricant, but Indian troops remained suspicious and some began to believe the British were intentionally using lubricants made of offensive materials to emasculate the sepoys.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
Or they came from players, who used the barbs as a way to emasculate or demean the opponents across from them.
From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2018
It was upon such occasions that he saw, or thought he saw, the inevitable tendency of European cities to emasculate and corrupt the rugged nobilities of mankind.
From Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin by Dawson, Coningsby
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