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emasculate

verb

/ɪˈmæskjʊleɪt/

Meaning

To make someone weaker or less effective; to deprive of strength or vigor.

The constant criticism emasculated his confidence.

weaken, debilitate, undermine, sap, diminish

strengthen, empower

emasculate confidence, emasculate authority, emasculate power

to set up or restore something again after it has been disrupted

the process of growing, improving, or becoming more advanced

to charge someone with a crime or wrongdoing

To release from a yoke or to free from restraint or obligation.

To make something firm, strong, or more certain.

To buy or obtain (an object or asset) for oneself; to learn or develop (a skill, habit, or quality).