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to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality a movie version that castrates the hard-hitting novel
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Recent Examples of castrated
Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026 After his conviction, Turing was chemically castrated. —Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026 Set in the Italian opera world of the 1700s, Rice’s novel tells the not-for-the-squeamish story of two male soprano singers who were castrated as boys in order to maintain their high voices. —David Browne, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2025 Donkey has now been castrated, and the adorable family trio lives together in a large field with Partridge's other horses. —Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
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If the very successful 25-year-old Coward had been caught with a man, he could have been jailed or chemically castrated. —Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026 After his conviction, Turing was chemically castrated. —Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026 Set in the Italian opera world of the 1700s, Rice’s novel tells the not-for-the-squeamish story of two male soprano singers who were castrated as boys in order to maintain their high voices. —David Browne, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2025 Donkey has now been castrated, and the adorable family trio lives together in a large field with Partridge's other horses. —Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for castrated
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By contrast, Gercke’s emasculated George speaks in the monotonous style of a man worn down by life.— Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
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Squeaky voices were comic, or emasculated.— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026
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Paternalistic tactics, such as overemphasizing IUDs and implants, undermined young people’s reproductive health preferences and goals.— Riley J. Steiner, STAT, 20 Apr. 2026
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Schools would get credit for preparing students through different routes, while the state would avoid the unnecessary complexity that undermined the earlier indicator.— Jessica Handy, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
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This latest denial likely closes the door for Williams to open a dispensary at the Broadway location — having exhausted most administrative routes.— Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
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In one panel, children maimed or exhausted by labor stare out bleakly; in another, unemployed men in a small industrial town sit or stand around.— Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
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His EcoFlow house battery eventually drained as well, bringing the vehicle to a complete 0% state of charge.— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 19 Apr. 2026
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Kennard drained all five of his three-point attempts, including three in the fourth quarter.— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026
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Tascan also teased a longer-term vision for where Netflix Games could go, including one where viewers pause a show mid-scene, take control of a battle sequence on their phone and then return the altered outcome back to the narrative.— Kennedy French, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
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On the other hand, planting the wrong neighbors next to garlic can lead to altered flavors, stunted growth, increased susceptibility to pests, and decreased production.— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2026
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But one night, with my reserve weakened by cheap Sambuca shots, Tom and I ended up kissing.— Rebecca Cope, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2026
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The correlation between stocks and bonds , which hasn’t been reliable in recent years, weakened meaningfully at the start of the Iran war, BlackRock said in its spring outlook Wednesday.— Michelle Fox, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
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The effects pouring out of the legislative, executive and even judicial branches of government in this state are about an all-powerful majority and a neutered opposition.— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
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For the second time this season, the Red Raiders gelded the Cougars.— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Dec. 2025
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“Castrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/castrated. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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