desexualise

Definitions of desexualise

1. verb

   make infertile
   synonyms: desex, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex

   types:

   alter, castrate, neuter, spay

   remove the ovaries of

   castrate, demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate

   remove the testicles of a male animal

   vasectomise, vasectomize

   remove the vas deferens

   defeminise, defeminize

   remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats)

   caponise, caponize

   convert a cock into a capon

   cut, geld

   cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)

   type of:

   operate, operate on

   perform surgery on
2. verb

   direct one's libidinous urges into another direction
   synonyms: desexualize

   type of:

   sublimate

   direct energy or urges into useful activities