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
When Martha calls in the local vet to fix some of the tomcats hanging around, Ernest accuses her of trying to emasculate him.
From Washington Post • Apr. 30, 2018
I purchased, too, photographs of Oscar Wilde, scrutinizing them under the unctuous auspices of this same emasculate and blandiloquent mentor.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion by Ellis, Havelock
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