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  • verb Present participle of circumcise.

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Examples

  • Christians, as necessary to salvation, he only vindicated "the truth of the Gospel" (Ga 2: 5); in circumcising Timothy, "to the Jews he became as a Jew that he might gain the Jews."

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • Violence in humans does seem to be most prevelant amongst those that are sexually supressed, you could conclude that roughly they are the 'circumcising' nations (USA, Israel, the ruling classes of the British Empire [not the common people], Muslim countries) and in this it is not just war but domestic violence.

    THE MEDICAL NEWS John Lennon 2010

  • Violence in humans does seem to be most prevelant amongst those that are sexually supressed, you could conclude that roughly they are the 'circumcising' nations (USA, Israel, the ruling classes of the British Empire [not the common people], Muslim countries) and in this it is not just war but domestic violence.

    THE MEDICAL NEWS Ileonna Matthews 2010

  • Violence in humans does seem to be most prevelant amongst those that are sexually supressed, you could conclude that roughly they are the 'circumcising' nations (USA, Israel, the ruling classes of the British Empire [not the common people], Muslim countries) and in this it is not just war but domestic violence.

    THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009

  • Violence in humans does seem to be most prevelant amongst those that are sexually supressed, you could conclude that roughly they are the 'circumcising' nations (USA, Israel, the ruling classes of the British Empire [not the common people], Muslim countries) and in this it is not just war but domestic violence.

    THE MEDICAL NEWS Zeigeist2012 2009

  • Studies have shown that circumcising males can reduce infections in men by 60 percent, a protective effect that is increasing over time.

    Dr. Mark Dybul: Opportunity Knocks Twice: New Tools Could Control the HIV Epidemic Dr. Mark Dybul 2011

  • Studies have shown that circumcising males can reduce infections in men by 60 percent, a protective effect that is increasing over time.

    Dr. Mark Dybul: Opportunity Knocks Twice: New Tools Could Control the HIV Epidemic Dr. Mark Dybul 2011

  • Studies have shown that circumcising males can reduce infections in men by 60 percent, a protective effect that is increasing over time.

    Dr. Mark Dybul: Opportunity Knocks Twice: New Tools Could Control the HIV Epidemic Dr. Mark Dybul 2011

  • McVary added: I wouldn't overreact and start circumcising all the boys.

    Foreskin may be reservoir for HPV 2011

  • McVary added: I wouldn't overreact and start circumcising all the boys.

    Foreskin may be reservoir for HPV 2011

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