Usually means: Removes testicles, typically from animals.
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  1. castrates: Merriam-Webster
  2. castrates: Collins English Dictionary
  3. castrates: Vocabulary.com
  4. castrates: Wordnik
  5. castrates: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. castrates: Wiktionary
  7. castrates: Dictionary.com
  8. castrates: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. castrates: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. castrates: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. castrates: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (castrate)

noun:  A castrated man; a eunuch.
verb:  (transitive) To remove the testicles of a person or animal.
verb:  (transitive, uncommon) To remove the ovaries and/or uterus of an animal.
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To take something from; to render imperfect or ineffectual.
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