English verb: desexualize |
1. | desexualize (motion) direct one's libidinous urges into another direction |
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| Synonyms | desexualise |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | sublimate |
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2. | desexualize (body) make infertile |
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| Samples | In some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized.
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| Synonyms | desex, desexualise, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Broader (hypernym) | operate, operate on |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | alter, castrate, castrate, demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate, neuter, spay, vasectomise, vasectomize |
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