as in to sever
medical
to remove (part of a person's body)
His arm was badly injured and had to be amputated.
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Recent Examples of amputate
Complications also arose for Alexis just a few years after her tumor was removed when her leg was amputated after her internal prosthetic leg failed.
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Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
Six days earlier, his left leg had been amputated after it was nearly blown off in a Russian attack.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025
Adela was treated by Ventura City Fire Department officials on the scene and then transported to the Ventura County Medical Center, where surgeons ultimately determined that her right arm needed to be amputated just below the shoulder.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Unlike humans, apple snails can regrow their peepers if they are injured or amputated.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2025
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Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
Six days earlier, his left leg had been amputated after it was nearly blown off in a Russian attack.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025
Adela was treated by Ventura City Fire Department officials on the scene and then transported to the Ventura County Medical Center, where surgeons ultimately determined that her right arm needed to be amputated just below the shoulder.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Unlike humans, apple snails can regrow their peepers if they are injured or amputated.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amputate
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One month before a worker severed part of his finger at a food packaging plant owned by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, federal regulators ordered the company to make sure equipment couldn't turn on unexpectedly and injure employees, records show.—
Mary Spicuzza,
jsonline.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Magrath testified that this very bullet severed the great artery leading from Berardelli’s heart – testimony that would help seal Sacco’s fate, eventually sending both defendants to the electric chair.—
Katie Hafner,
Scientific American,
10 Sep. 2025
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Until George Springer yanked a 450-foot fly to the left-field bleachers, the lineup was ostensibly silent.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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The same words apply to the title character at the film‘s center, the inscrutable and seemingly unscrupulous Hedda Gabler (a magnetic Tessa Thompson), here yanked firmly from the late 20th century setting of Henrik Ibsen’s iconic play into the ’50s, and not missing a single trick along the way.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Amputate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amputate. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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