gelded
Made a stallion
Gelded describes a male animal, especially a horse, that has been castrated.
The past tense and past participle of geld, it appears both as a verb form The veterinarian gelded the colt and as an adjective a gelded stallion.
Figuratively, gelded suggests something stripped of power or vitality: a gelded version of the original proposal.
Rendered infertile surgically
- emasculatedDeprived of vigor
- desexedSterilized an animal
- sterilizedFreed from microorganisms
- alteredChanged from before
fixed · unmanned · eunuch · stallion · colt · horse · livestock · veterinary
Made less dangerous
- dilutedMade weaker by adding liquid
- enfeebledMade weak or feeble
- diminishedMade or became smaller
- neuteredRendered infertile surgically
toothless · declawed · impotent · ineffectual · sanitized · watered-down · blunted · softened
neutered
Rendered infertile surgically
- emasculatedDeprived of vigor
- desexedSterilized an animal
- sterilizedFreed from microorganisms
altered · fixed · unmanned · eunuch · stallion · colt · horse · livestock · veterinary · orchidectomy
defanged
Made less dangerous
- dilutedMade weaker by adding liquid
- enfeebledMade weak or feeble
- diminishedMade or became smaller
neutered · toothless · declawed · impotent · ineffectual · sanitized · watered-down · blunted · softened · undermined
tamed
Made docile
tractable · manageable · gentle · placid · submissive · biddable · amenable · obedient · passive · broken