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Definition circumcise in American English

circumcise verb

[transitive] verb
/ˈsɜrkəmˌsaɪz/
1

to remove the skin at the end of a boy's or man's penis for religious or medical reasons

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2

to remove a girl's or woman's clitoris (=part of her sex organs)

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Definition circumcise in American English