What is the meaning of emasculate?

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verb

Deprive of strength or vigor.
- usage: "The Senate emasculated the law"
- synonyms: castrate
Remove the testicles of a male animal.
- synonyms: castrate, demasculinize, demasculinise

adjective

Having unsuitable feminine qualities.
- synonyms: effeminate, epicene, cissy, sissified, sissyish, sissy

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