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VASECTOMIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they vasectomize ... he / she / it vasectomizes
Past simple: vasectomized
Past participle: vasectomized
-ing form: vasectomizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove the vas deferens
Example:
many men choose to be vasectomized as a form of safe birth control
Synonyms:
vasectomise; vasectomize
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "vasectomize" is one way to...):
desex; desexualise; desexualize; fix; sterilise; sterilize; unsex (make infertile)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
vasectomy (surgical procedure that removes all or part of the vas deferens (usually as a means of sterilization); is sometimes reversible)
