- 1emasculate somebody/something to make someone or something less powerful or less effective
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- 2emasculate somebody to make a man feel that he has lost his male role or qualities He felt emasculated by her dominance.
emasculate
verbNAmE//iˈmæskyəˌleɪt//
[often passive] (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they emasculate he / she / it emasculates
past simple emasculated
-ing form emasculating
NAmE//iˌmæskyəˈleɪʃn//
noun [uncountable]See emasculate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: emasculate