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  • verb Present participle of desex.

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Examples

  • She's also passionate about desexing cats and dogs to reduce the euthanasia rate at pet shelters and helping to fund scientific research into the facial tumors that are decimating the Tasmanian devil population.

    Animal Magnetism 2010

  • She firmly believed that desexing her daughter was the best thing she could do for her.

    Where There's Smoke Brown, Sandra, 1948- 1994

  • Only in 1878 was the practice of desexing boys to get the famous adult male soprano voices for the Sistine Choir discontinued.

    Taboo and Genetics A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family Melvin Moses Knight 1934

  • He urged people not to rush into buying a pet and encouraged desexing animals.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • Italy's Silvio Berlusconi unwittingly features in pet desexing ad campaign A GERMAN animal welfare charity has launched an ad campaign for pet de-sexing that features scandal-hit Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi next to the slogan "Too much sex can be a bad thing ... for dogs and cats too."

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • Gray said she was a big fan of the animal rights group and wanted to support their desexing campaign.

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010

  • "That's why, here in Queensland, there are strict regulations and conditions placed on such animals, such as compulsory registration, microchipping, desexing, fencing and muzzling."

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • "That's why, here in Queensland, there are strict regulations and conditions placed on such animals, such as compulsory registration, microchipping, desexing, fencing and muzzling."

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • He's always been something of a naughty kitten, and we hoped the desexing would help, and it has, to a degree.

    Ask MetaFilter 2010

  • Beachmere and Caboolture desexing more than 1000 cats and microchipping more than 4500 cats and dogs.

    Media Newswire 2010

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