Emasculate (verb)

1. to castrate a male animal, 2. to weaken or weaken or destroy the masculinity or vigor of a person or thing.

Origin:

Early 17th century: from latin emasculat- "castrated", from the verb emasculare, from e- (variant of ex-) "out" + masculus "male".

Examples:

1. Farmers emasculate male pigs to prevent boar taint.
2. The new policy emasculated the company's competitiveness.
3. Emasculating a man means to take away his masculinity.
4. Emasculating a country's military means to weaken it.
5. Emasculating a company means to weaken its ability to compete.