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UNSEX

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make infertile

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 "unsex" is one way to...):

operate; operate on (perform surgery on)

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

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:

Remove the qualities typical of one's sex

Example:

She unsexed herself

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 3

Meaning:

Deprive of sex or sexual powers

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

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

deprive; divest; strip (take away possessions from someone)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

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