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Emasculate is defined as to deprive someone or something of its power and vigor, or to make a man unable to reproduce or to make a male feel like less of a man.

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When the court rules that a penalty portion of a given law is unconstitutional and thus makes it effectively impossible to enforce the law, this is an example of a time when the court emasculates.
When a woman makes fun of her boyfriend for being a wimp and not being able to do the things a man should, this is an example of when she emasculates him.

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See emasculate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb emasculated, emasculating

to deprive (a male) of the power to reproduce, as by removing the testicles; castrate; geld
to destroy the strength or force of; weaken

Origin: < L emasculatus, pp. of emasculare < e-, out + masculus, masculine

adjective

deprived of virility, strength, or vigor; effeminate

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See emasculate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb e·mas·cu·lat·ed, e·mas·cu·lat·ing, e·mas·cu·lates

To castrate.
To deprive of strength or vigor; weaken.

adjective (-lĭt)

Deprived of virility, strength, or vigor.

Origin:

Origin: Latin ēmasculāre, ēmasculāt-

Origin: : ē-, ex-, ex-

Origin: + masculus, male

Origin: , diminutive of mās, male, man

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e·masˌcu·laˈtion noun

e·masˈcu·laˌtive, e·masˈcu·la·toˌry (-lə-tôrˌē, -tōrˌē) adjective

e·masˈcu·laˌtor noun

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