castration
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Definitions
Noun
neutering a male animal by removing the testicles
Noun
surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men); "bilateral castration results in sterilization"
Noun
the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work
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altering
deletion
fixing
neutering
operation
surgery
surgical operation
surgical procedure
surgical process