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Castration   /kˌæstrˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Castration

noun
1.
Neutering a male animal by removing the testicles.  Synonym: emasculation.
2.
Surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men).
3.
The deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work.  Synonym: expurgation.



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