circumcize

(also UK -ise)

/ˈsɜːkəmsaɪz/ verb [T]

Definition

› to cut off the skin at the end of a boy's or man's penis, or cut off part of a girl's sex organs

circumcision

/ˌsɜːkəmˈsɪʒən/ noun [C, U] › when someone is circumcised

(Definition of circumcize verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to do something without worrying about the risk or negative results

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