Synonyms for emasculate
ɪˈmæs kyəˌleɪt; -lɪt, -ˌleɪtemas·cu·late

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1. effeminate, emasculate, epicene, cissy, sissified, sissyish, sissyverb

   having unsuitable feminine qualities

   Synonyms:
   sissy, bisexual, cissy, effeminate, epicene, sissyish, sissified

   Antonyms:
   manlike, manful, manly

2. emasculate, castrateverb

   deprive of strength or vigor

   "The Senate emasculated the law"

   Synonyms:
   alter, expurgate, shorten, neuter, castrate, bowdlerize, spay, demasculinise, demasculinize, bowdlerise

   Antonyms:
   manly, manful, manlike

3. emasculate, castrate, demasculinize, demasculiniseverb

   remove the testicles of a male animal

   Synonyms:
   alter, expurgate, shorten, neuter, castrate, bowdlerize, spay, demasculinise, demasculinize, bowdlerise

   Antonyms:
   manlike, manly, manful

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1. emasculateverb

   Synonyms:
   castrate, geld, glib, deprive of virility

2. emasculateverb

   Synonyms:
   weaken, debilitate, unman, effeminate, emolliate, make effeminate

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1. List of paraphrases for "emasculate":

   weaken, dilute

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1. Gina Ciarcia:

   All of this is really just the next stage in the left’s continual push to undo our entire understanding of childhood for the sake of political agendas, we’ve seen this for years, for instance in their push to emasculate our boys. Boys long to have something to fight for and defend, but are now told that this instinct is toxic. There are still dragons to slay, and we fail to communicate that to our boys.

2. Steve Schmidt:

   They made a horrendous miscalculation in not understanding the intent of the low-energy attack, which was designed to emasculate Bush, to make him look weak, defining him as weak denied him the ability to make the argument that by resume, competence and experience he was the most fit to command.