Definition of amputate
amputated
;amputating
transitive verb
: to remove by or as if by cutting; especially : to cut (a part, such as a limb) from the body
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Examples of amputate in a Sentence
His arm was badly injured and had to be amputated.
Recent Examples of amputate from the Web
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Among many other surgeries, doctors had to amputate some of her toes.
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Both were seriously wounded in the 2010 incident involving officers Christopher Conley and Jennifer Pederson, and Mendez had to have part of his leg amputated.
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As a result of the shooting, Mendez’s leg had to be amputated below the knee.
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Dr. Matthew Carty amputated Korona's leg in a six-hour operation at Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Boston.
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Both drivers were in serious condition and the bus driver had part of her leg amputated.
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For the secluded community in Big Sur, where only a handful of highways cut through the mountains or meander north and south along the coast, a long-term closure is like amputating a limb.
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In 2001, Jesse Sullivan, a high-power lineman, was nearly electrocuted and so badly injured that doctors had to amputate both of his arms.
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Origin and Etymology of amputate
Latin amputatus, past participle of amputare, from am-, amb- around + putare to cut, prune — more at ambi-
First Known Use: 1612
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medical : to cut off (part of a person's body)
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amputated
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: to cut off (part of a person's body)
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