- emasculated by having the testicles removed: Some castrated male cats will spray urine, but it is much more common in unneutered males.
- deprived of strength, force, or effectiveness:She claims that the International Criminal Court is a castrated organization with no policing power.
- rendered impotent, literally or metaphorically, by psychological means, especially by having one’s masculinity or femininity threatened: The show is full of literally and figuratively castrated men, witless and robotic, while women drive the action.
- the simple past tense and past participle of castrate.
