castration

English

castration (countable and uncountable, plural castrations)

The act of removing the testicles.
(figuratively) Any act that removes power from a person (particularly a man) or entity.

act of removing the testicles

Arabic: إِخْصَاء‎‎ m (ʾiḵṣāʾ)
Bulgarian: кастра́ция f (kastrácija), скопяване n (skopjavane)
Catalan: castració f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 宮刑 (zh), 宫刑 (zh) (gōngxíng), 去勢 (zh), 去势 (zh) (qùshì), 閹割 (zh), 阉割 (zh) (yāngē)
Czech: kastrace (cs) f
Dutch: castratie (nl) f
Finnish: kastraatio (fi), kastrointi (fi), kuohinta (fi), kuohiminen (fi)
French: castration (fr) f
German: Kastrierung f, Hodenentfernung f
Greek: ευνουχισμός (el) m (evnouchismós)
Hebrew: סירוס‎‎ m (sirus')

figurative: removal of power

castration f (plural castrations)

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