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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 | ||
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