desexed 1 of 2

past tense of desex
as in fixed
to remove the sex organs of desex the baby chickens destined for market

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desexed

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adjective

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Verb
  • The Associated Press, for instance, has taken legal action in response to restrictions, while Voice of America has been significantly altered.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Without Block 780, Amtrak’s Gateway, which is aiming its two new Hudson tubes towards 780, has to be altered.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The lid remains fixed and firm, and Marion’s enthusiasm and zest to achieve has also defined the program in short order.
    Joe Davidson, Sacramento Bee, 21 Mar. 2025
  • What went wrong for Democrats, and how can it be fixed?
    Charlotte Alter, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • There will also be more space for the hospital's pharmacy, lab, sterile processing department and administrative and educational areas.
    Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
  • Between 1962 and 1975, the U.S. and Mexico bred and released more than 94 billion sterile flies to eradicate the pest, according to the USDA.
    Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2025
Adjective
  • Though one of the world's most expensive cities, Seoul leads the nation in policies to support infertile couples, offers transportation stipends for pregnant women, and provides housing subsidies to new parents.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 July 2025
  • Livestock shipments had been halted in November The Agriculture Department eradicated the NWS parasite in 1966 by releasing sterile male flies and pupae to eventually lead to infertile screwworm flies, according to the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
    John Bacon, USA Today, 13 May 2025
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“Desexed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desexed. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.

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