desex
desex · desexes · desexed · desexing
To remove another's sexual characteristics or functions, often via physical sterilizationTo remove another's sexual characteristics or functions, often via physical sterilization.
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To remove another's sexual characteristics or functions, often via physical sterilization.
(transitive)To desexualize.
More definitions
- make infertile
Forms
desexes, desexing, desexed, desexedSynonyms
6 synonymsClose in meaning
- make infertile:sterilizesteriliseunsexdesexualizedesexualisefix
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedunsex
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle