Castrate

  • 71alter — al·ter ȯl tər vt, al·tered; al·ter·ing t(ə )riŋ CASTRATE (1), SPAY * * * al·ter (awlґtər) to castrate, as housepets or livestock …

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  • 72emasculate — emas·cu·late i mas kyə .lāt vt, lat·ed; lat·ing to deprive of virility or procreative power: CASTRATE emas·cu·la·tion .mas kyə lā shən n * * * emas·cu·late (e masґku lāt) to castrate a male …

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  • 73geld — vt CASTRATE (1) also SPAY * * * (geld) to castrate a male animal, especially a horse …

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  • 74neuter — neu·ter n(y)üt ər n a spayed or castrated animal (as a cat) neuter vt CASTRATE (1), ALTER <a neutered cat> * * * neu·ter (nooґtər) to castrate an animal; see spay and …

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  • 75cut — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. incise, carve, dissect, slice, shave, trim, shape; separate, divide, split, sever; abridge, shorten, diminish, reduce, curtail; hurt, sting, wound, snub, ignore; reap, gather. See disjunction,… …

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  • 76deduction — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Subtraction Nouns 1. deduction, removal, excision; subtraction; minus, minus sign, subtrahend, minuend; remainder, difference; abstraction, abbreviation, curtailment (see shortness); reduction (see… …

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  • 77fix — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. stabilize, establish; repair, adjust, mend; settle, decide; place; fasten; prepare; slang, bribe; informal, spay, castrate. See stability, restoration, junction, certainty, location, density. n.,… …

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  • 78sterilize — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. asepticize, aseptify, antisepticize, disinfect, decontaminate, boil, autoclave, incapacitate, make sterile, pasteurize; see also clean , purify . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. 1. disinfect purify, cleanse, decontaminate …

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  • 79geld — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. castrate, neuter, sterilize, emasculate, alter, *fix. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To render incapable of reproducing sexually: alter, castrate, fix, neuter, spay, sterilize, unsex. See REPRODUCTION, RICH …

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  • 80Cleanness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Cleanness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 cleanness cleanness cleanliness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 purity purity Sgm: N 1 cleaning cleaning &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 purification purification defecation …

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