circumcise
verb
cir·cum·cise
ˈsər-kəm-ˌsīz 
circumcised; circumcising
: to cut off the foreskin of (a male) or the prepuce or clitoris and labia minora of (a female)
circumciser
noun
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Many of the million or so new arrivals had never kept kosher or been circumcised, and roughly a quarter of those weren’t considered Jews by Israel’s rabbinic establishment, usually because their mothers, like Zoya’s, weren’t Jewish.
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Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
The New Zealand Herald reports that the patient was bandaged and didn’t realize he’d been fully circumcised until days after he was discharged.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2024
Nearly two years ago, Chanel Ayan revealed on an episode of The Real Housewives of Dubai that she and her older sister Ifrah were circumcised as children without her family’s knowledge.
—Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 27 May 2024
Hunter’s relative, Adam, who was living in Warsaw with false papers, found a way to hide the fact that he was circumcised from a landlord who accused him of being Jewish.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 24 Mar. 2024
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Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
The New Zealand Herald reports that the patient was bandaged and didn’t realize he’d been fully circumcised until days after he was discharged.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2024
Nearly two years ago, Chanel Ayan revealed on an episode of The Real Housewives of Dubai that she and her older sister Ifrah were circumcised as children without her family’s knowledge.
—Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 27 May 2024
Hunter’s relative, Adam, who was living in Warsaw with false papers, found a way to hide the fact that he was circumcised from a landlord who accused him of being Jewish.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 24 Mar. 2024
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“Circumcise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/circumcise. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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circumcise
transitive verb
cir·cum·cise
ˈsər-kəm-ˌsīz
circumcised; circumcising
1
: to cut off the foreskin of (a male) or the prepuce of (a female)
2
: to cut off all or part of the external genitalia and especially the clitoris and labia minora of (a female) see female genital mutilation
circumciser
noun
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