desex
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desex (third-person singular simple present desexes, present participle desexing, simple past and past participle desexed)
- (transitive) To remove another's sexual characteristics or functions, often via physical sterilization.
- (transitive) To desexualize.
- 1985 August 10, Walta Borawski, “Sex, Liberation and Rock n' Roll”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 5, page 6:
- The Bronski Beat doesn't hint and flirt; it delivers. There's no artsy and safe vagueness behind "Need a Man Blues": […] The group hasn't desexed itself even to make a video.