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VASECTOMISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vasectomise mean?
• VASECTOMISE (verb)
The verb VASECTOMISE has 1 sense:
1. remove the vas deferens
Familiarity information: VASECTOMISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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Present simple: I / you / we / they vasectomise ... he / she / it vasectomises
Past simple: vasectomised
Past participle: vasectomised
-ing form: vasectomising
... he / she / it vasectomises Past simple: vasectomised
Past participle: vasectomised
-ing form: vasectomising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove the vas deferens
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
vasectomise; vasectomize
Context example:
many men choose to be vasectomized as a form of safe birth control
Hypernyms (to "vasectomise" is one way to...):
desex; desexualise; desexualize; fix; sterilise; sterilize; unsex (make infertile)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
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