desexualize (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *desexualize*:
VERB	motion	desexualize, desexualise	direct one's libidinous urges into another direction
body	desexualize, sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualise, fix	make infertile

English > *desexualize*: 2 senses > verb 1, motion
Meaning	direct one's libidinous urges into another direction.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonym	desexualise
Broader	sublimate	direct energy or urges into useful activities

English > *desexualize*: 2 senses > verb 2, body
Meaning	make infertile.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody
Synonyms	sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualise, fix
Narrower	alter, neuter, spay, castrate	Remove the ovaries of
	emasculate, castrate, demasculinize, demasculinise	Remove the testicles of a male animal
	vasectomize, vasectomise	Remove the vas deferens
Broader	operate on, operate	Perform surgery on
Spanish	capar, castrar, emascular, esterilizar, mutilar
Catalan	esterilitzar

HyperDic: desexualize