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amputate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of amputate

medical to remove (part of a person's body)

His arm was badly injured and had to be amputated.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of amputate

cut (off), dissever, sever

rip, tear, wrench, wrest, yank

grab, nab, seize, snap (up), snatch

extract, force, jerk, prize, pry, pull, root (out), uproot

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of amputate

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