UNMAN

Break the spirit of

• Castrate, metaphorically

• Cause to lose one's nerve

• Deprive of courage

• Deprive of machismo

• Deprive of one's nerve

• Deprive of virility

• Deprive, in a way

• Devitalize

• Discharge troops

• Dispirit

• Emasculate

• Enervate

• Frighten

• Frighten to the core

• Sap of courage

• Terrify