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CASTRATION

Definition:

1. [noun] neutering a male animal by removing the testicles
   Synonyms: emasculation
   
   
2. [noun] surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men); "bilateral castration results in sterilization"
   
   
3. [noun] the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work
   Synonyms: expurgation
   
   

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• bowdlerization, bowdlerisation

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