to remove the testes of; emasculate; geld.

to remove the ovaries of.

Psychology . to render impotent, literally or metaphorically, by psychological means, esp. by threatening a person's masculinity or femininity.

to deprive of strength, power, or efficiency; weaken

Without those ten new submarines, our navy will be castrated.

a castrated person or animal.

verb

alter , asexualize , caponize , change , cut , deprive of virility , desexualize , emasculate , eunuchize , fix , geld , mutilate , neuter , spay , sterilize , unsex , remove , ruin , weaken