castrate
verb
1. deprive of strength or vigor
Similar word(s): emasculate
Definition categories: change, weaken
2. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
Similar word(s): bowdlerise, bowdlerize, expurgate, shorten
Definition categories: change, abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten
3. remove the testicles of a male animal
Similar word(s): demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate
Definition categories: body, desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex
4. remove the ovaries of
Similar word(s): alter, neuter, spay
Definition categories: body, desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex