de•sex•u•al•ize
We found 4 definitions of desexualize from 3 different sources.
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desexualize - direct one's libidinous urges into another direction | ||
desexualise | ||
sublimate direct energy or urges into useful activities | ||
desexualize - make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized" | ||
sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualise, fix | ||
operate on, operate perform surgery on; "The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life" | ||
neuter, spay, castrate, alter remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?" | ||
demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate, castrate remove the testicles of a male animal | ||
vasectomise, vasectomize remove the vas deferens; "many men choose to be vasectomized as a form of safe birth control" |