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/kˈæstrˌeɪt/ Listen

verb

Castrate v. t. (past & past part. castrated; pres. part. castrating)

To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter.

To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to expurgate. "My... correspondent... has sent me the following letter, which I have castrated in some places."

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"Castrate" Quotes from Famous Books

... Is Whitbread determined to castrate all my cavalry lines [1]? I don't see why t'other house should be spared; besides it is the public, who ought to know better; and you recollect Johnson's was against similar buffooneries of Rich's—but, certes, I am ...

— The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals, Volume 2. • Lord Byron

... punished by whipping, so that they may not get the habit. On rainy days their kennels should be bedded with leaves or grass, for two reasons: that they may not soil themselves or suffer from cold. Some castrate their puppies thinking them less likely to leave the flock, but others do not, thinking that the operation makes them less fierce. Some rub their ears and between their toes with a suffusion of bitter almonds steeped in water ...

— Roman Farm Management - The Treatises Of Cato And Varro • Marcus Porcius Cato

... produce death, or at the best will cause the hog to become stunted, whereas, if the operation is performed properly, the hog will thrive, regardless of the shock from the operation. I may add that it is much better to castrate pigs or hogs when their stomach and intestines are empty, and it is always good practice to feed laxative and easily digested ...

— The Veterinarian • Chas. J. Korinek

... The ancestors of the bearer-caste of Kahars were created by Siva or Mahadeo from the dust to carry his consort Parvati in a litter when she was tired; the first Mang was made by Mahadeo from his own sweat to castrate the divine bull Nandi when he was fractious, and his descendants have ever since followed the same calling, the impiety of mutilating the sacred bull in such a manner being thus excused by the divine sanction accorded ...

— The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India--Volume I (of IV) • R.V. Russell

... excitement, amid the din of flutes and drums and wild songs, a number of the male devotees would snatch up swords or knives, which lay ready for the purpose, throw off their garments, and coming forward with a loud shout, proceed to castrate themselves openly. They would then run through the streets of the city, with the mutilated parts in their hands, and throw them into the houses of the inhabitants, who were bound in such case to provide the thrower with all the apparel ...

— History of Phoenicia • George Rawlinson