Definition of castration in English:
castration
noun kaˈstreɪʃ(ə)nkæˈstreɪʃ(ə)n
mass noun1The removal of the testicles of a male animal or man.
the castration of male calves was initiated to reduce fighting
Example sentencesExamples
- It was a crime punishable by castration in seven states.
- If Parliament won't bring back the death penalty, we might have to settle for compulsory castration or locking offenders away until they die.
- I began to tell her stories that involved castrations and how men have all their power and strength tied up in their testicles.
- In medical practice, castration is sometimes used in the treatment of prostate cancer.
- At the moment of castration of a potentially great polo pony, the sperm can be collected and frozen.
- In the musical tradition of the early modern period in Europe, the castration of young male singers provided a higher-pitched voice to sing soprano roles.
- The castration of the enemy or the enemy's corpse in some societies was a means of transferring the power of the male warrior to the victor.
- The technology platform also provides a nonsurgical alternative to castration for pets.
- The veteran is later beaten and threatened with castration.
- This sect, which practiced castration of its members, existed until the early 1900s.
- 1.1 The state of being deprived of power, vitality, or vigour.
the inability to afford technology is economic castration
Example sentencesExamples
- With the recognition of verbal castration comes self-disgust.
- We need to blame someone for the emotional castration we suffered.
- If they are untroubled by the castration of the system of checks and balances, they give the bureaucracy a monopoly of power and make it unaccountable to the people.
- It was just another notch in the belt for that administration's systematic castration of our government's conception of separation of powers.
- The act of limiting and controlling oneself here is not a castration of liberty.
Definition of castration in US English:
castration
nounkæˈstreɪʃ(ə)nkaˈstrāSH(ə)n
1The removal of the testicles of a male animal or man.
the castration of male calves was initiated to reduce fighting
Example sentencesExamples
- The technology platform also provides a nonsurgical alternative to castration for pets.
- At the moment of castration of a potentially great polo pony, the sperm can be collected and frozen.
- In medical practice, castration is sometimes used in the treatment of prostate cancer.
- In the musical tradition of the early modern period in Europe, the castration of young male singers provided a higher-pitched voice to sing soprano roles.
- This sect, which practiced castration of its members, existed until the early 1900s.
- I began to tell her stories that involved castrations and how men have all their power and strength tied up in their testicles.
- The castration of the enemy or the enemy's corpse in some societies was a means of transferring the power of the male warrior to the victor.
- If Parliament won't bring back the death penalty, we might have to settle for compulsory castration or locking offenders away until they die.
- The veteran is later beaten and threatened with castration.
- It was a crime punishable by castration in seven states.
- 1.1 The state of being deprived of power, vitality, or vigor.
the inability to afford technology is economic castration
Example sentencesExamples
- The act of limiting and controlling oneself here is not a castration of liberty.
- We need to blame someone for the emotional castration we suffered.
- It was just another notch in the belt for that administration's systematic castration of our government's conception of separation of powers.
- With the recognition of verbal castration comes self-disgust.
- If they are untroubled by the castration of the system of checks and balances, they give the bureaucracy a monopoly of power and make it unaccountable to the people.