| NOUN | act | altering, neutering, fixing | the sterilization of an animal |
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| Sounds | ao'lterihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | The sterilization of an animal. | |
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| Synonyms | neutering, fixing | |
| Narrower | castration, emasculation | neutering a male animal by removing the testicles |
| spaying | neutering a female by removing the ovaries | |
| Broader | sterilization, sterilisation | The act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce) |
| Catalan | castració | |
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