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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27 November 2024

NAUSEATING

(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”


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Coffee Trivia

There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.

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