Castrating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Castrate \Cas"trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Castrated}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Castrating}.] [L. castrarus, p; p. of castrare to
     castrate, asin to Skr. [,c]astra knife.]
     1. To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to
        alter.
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     2. To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or
        objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to
        expurgate.
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              My . . . correspondent . . . has sent me the
              following letter, which I have castrated in some
              places.                               --Spectator.
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