unsex

/ˈʌnˌsɛks/

Other forms: unsexed; unsexing; unsexes

Definitions of unsex

1. verb

   remove the qualities typical of one's sex
   type of:

   alter, change, modify

   cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
2. verb

   deprive of sex or sexual powers
   type of:

   deprive, divest, strip

   take away possessions from someone
3. verb

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

   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