Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb circumcise

2 senses of circumcise

Sense 1
circumcise -- (cut the skin over the clitoris)
       => cut -- (separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope")

Sense 2
circumcise -- (cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys; "During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised")
       => remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment")