desexualize

2 definitions found

desexualize - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  desexualize \desexualize\ v. i. & t.
     to direct one's libidinous urges into another direction.
     [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. same as desex.
  
     Syn: sterilize, desex, unsex, fix, make infertile.
          [WordNet 1.5]

desexualize - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  desexualize
      v 1: direct one's libidinous urges into another direction [syn:
           desexualize, desexualise]
      2: make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically
         transmissible disabilites are sterilized" [syn: sterilize,
         sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise,
         fix]