(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
When an animal is ~ed, its reproductive organs are removed so that it cannot create babies.
We ask the public to have their dogs ~ed and keep them under close supervision.
VERB: usu passive, have n V-ed
2.
To ~ an organization, group, or person means to make them powerless and ineffective. (mainly BRIT JOURNALISM)
...the Government’s ‘hidden agenda’ to ~ local authorities...
Their air force had been ~ed before the work began.
VERB: V n, be V-ed
3.
In some languages, a ~ noun, pronoun, or adjective has a different form from a masculine or feminine one, or behaves in a different way.
ADJ