Definition of "emasculates" [emasculates]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of emasculate. (verb)

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• "Beside the abusive spouse and the dancer who suffers a date rape, there's the powerful female executive (Janet Jackson) whose position apparently so emasculates her stockbroker husband that he's cruising other guys in Harlem alleys."
• "This premium, combined with welfare benefits whose rates are set nationally, emasculates local labor markets."
• "It makes men soft, even emasculates them, and the leisure lifestyle it buys is un-American."