castrate

transitive verb castrated, castrating

1. 1. to remove the testicles of; emasculate; geld
   2. Rare to remove the ovaries of; spay
2. to deprive of essential virility, vigor, or significance by mutilating, expurgating, subjugating, etc.; emasculate

Origin: < L castratus, pp. of castrare, to castrate, prune: for IE base see caste