desex

English

Etymology

de- +‎ sex

Verb

desex (third-person singular simple present desexes, present participle desexing, simple past and past participle desexed)

  1. (transitive) To remove another's sexual characteristics or functions, often via physical sterilization.
  2. (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.

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