AMPUTATE Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

amputate

verb

Definition of amputate

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 The existing trunk is amputated, so a precise incision is made in the vascular tissue, causing significant stress on the plant. — Cathrine Todd, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 Her body had been cut in half, in a manner resembling a hemicorporectomy, a rare medical procedure in which the lower body is amputated at the waist. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 June 2026 Matt Miller, an NFL draft analyst for ESPN, says his left arm was amputated after he was involved in a car accident last week. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2026 Not to be daunted, Kristen chooses to have a leg amputated, replaced with a prosthetic, rather than lose the ability to surf. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 22 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for amputate

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Laurino told us the program hinged on a consent form the mothers were supposed to sign severing all rights to the child.

— Bill Whitaker, CBS News, 12 July 2026
The appeal stems from 2023 when a trial judge ruled that Heidelberg’s predecessor, Hanson Quarry had wrongfully severed the village’s storm sewer line in 1992.

— Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026

Definition of sever

Verb

Then we’re yanked into Louis’s hazy POV, from which Armand is reading another one of his apology letters.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 20 July 2026
Johnson yanks veterans' benefits package An effort to advance a package of VA benefits bills this morning on the House floor went down in flames – the latest in Speaker Mike Johnson's struggle to get Republicans on the same page.

— Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 16 July 2026

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