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DESEXUALIZE
sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix
(verb) make infertile; “in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized”
desexualize, desexualise
(verb) direct one’s libidinous urges into another direction
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
desexualize (third-person singular simple present desexualizes, present participle desexualizing, simple past and past participle desexualized)
(transitive) To divest of sexual attributes; to make conceptually asexual.
Source: Wiktionary
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