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    DESEXUALIZE

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     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they desexualize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it desexualizes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: desexualized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: desexualized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: desexualizing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Make infertileplay

    Example:

    in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized

    Synonyms:

    desex; desexualise; desexualize; fix; sterilise; sterilize; unsex

    Classified under:

    Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

    Hypernyms (to "desexualize" is one way to...):

    operate; operate on (perform surgery on)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "desexualize"):

    alter; castrate; neuter; spay (remove the ovaries of)

    castrate; demasculinise; demasculinize; emasculate (remove the testicles of a male animal)

    vasectomise; vasectomize (remove the vas deferens)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s somebody

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Direct one's libidinous urges into another directionplay

    Synonyms:

    desexualise; desexualize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

    Hypernyms (to "desexualize" is one way to...):

    sublimate (direct energy or urges into useful activities)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s something

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