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How to pronounce circumcise in English?

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Type Words
Type of remove, take, take away, withdraw
Derivation circumcision


During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised.
Type Words
Type of cut

Examples of circumcise

circumcise
Yet to circumcise simply because that was familiar to me seemed unfair to my son.
From the us.cnn.com
If it passes, then parents won't be able to choose to circumcise their infant sons.
From the sfgate.com
Muslims, who trace their roots to Abraham's son Ishmael, also circumcise their sons.
From the stltoday.com
The lowest rates of circumcision are in Europe where they don't circumcise.
From the newscientist.com
If you want to circumcise your son for religious, personal or cultural reasons, fine.
From the time.com
I was unlucky enough to have had the NHS, when I was 13, circumcise me unnecessarily.
From the guardian.co.uk
They were forbidden to own Christian slaves or to circumcise their slaves.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Particularly well-drawn is the battle over whether to circumcise the family's daughters.
From the economist.com
She vowed that should she ever have sons, she would not circumcise.
From the us.cnn.com
More examples
  • Cut the skin over the clitoris
  • Cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys; "During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised"
  • (circumcision) (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st
  • (circumcision) the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite
  • (circumcision) the act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of males
  • To amputate the prepuce from a penis; To amputate the clitoris, prepuce, or labia
  • (circumcised) Having had the foreskin of the penis excised; Having had the clitoris, prepuce, or labia excised
  • (circumcision) the removal of the foreskin from the penis as a mark of the Covenant between G-d and the Jewish people. It is usually carried out eight days after the birth of a baby boy by a highly trained mohel.
  • (CIRCUMCISION) A surgical procedure, usually with religious or cultural significance, where the prepuce or skin covering the tip of the penis on a boy, or the clitoris on a girl, is cut away.