castrations

Noun

castration (countable and uncountable, plural castrations)

1. The act of removing the testicles.
   • Castration of bulls was a socialization process that turned a bull into an ox; in this transformation something wild became something very useful; nature became culture.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 125
2. (figuratively) Any act that removes power from a person (particularly a man) or entity.