English verb: unsex | |||
1. | unsex (possession) deprive of sex or sexual powers | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | deprive, divest, strip | ||
2. | unsex (change) remove the qualities typical of one's sex | ||
Samples | She unsexed herself. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
3. | unsex (body) make infertile | ||
Samples | In some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized. | ||
Synonyms | desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | operate, operate on | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | alter, castrate, castrate, demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate, neuter, spay, vasectomise, vasectomize | ||