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Unsex

To deprive of sex, or of qualities becoming to one's sex; esp., to make unfeminine in character, manners, duties, or the like; as, to unsex a woman.

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Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Deprive 76% connected

To take away; to put an end; to destroy.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Divest 76% connected

To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Operate 76% connected

To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Strip 76% connected

To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 5

Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Castrate 76% connected

To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Emasculate 76% connected

To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Neuter 76% connected

Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Spay 76% connected

To remove or extirpate the ovaries of, as a sow or a bitch; to castrate (a female animal).

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fixing 74% connected

of Fix

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Fixing 74% connected

of Fix

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Fix 92% connected

Fixed; solidified.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sterilize 92% connected

To make sterile or unproductive; to impoverish, as land; to exhaust of fertility.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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