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
Health officials in Gaza say more than 4,700 Palestinians have had limbs amputated in the nearly two years of war.
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Daniel Estrin, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
Its namesake, cattleman Oliver Loving, was shot by a band of raiders during a cattle drive in 1866, and died of shock a few days later after a doctor didn’t amputate his gangrenous arm.
—Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
His father made tools and his mother was a nurse who developed a rare autoimmune condition when her son was 11 that led to her limbs being amputated.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
His leg was amputated as a kid, but that didn’t stop him from reaching incredible atheltic success.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
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Daniel Estrin, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
Its namesake, cattleman Oliver Loving, was shot by a band of raiders during a cattle drive in 1866, and died of shock a few days later after a doctor didn’t amputate his gangrenous arm.
—Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
His father made tools and his mother was a nurse who developed a rare autoimmune condition when her son was 11 that led to her limbs being amputated.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
His leg was amputated as a kid, but that didn’t stop him from reaching incredible atheltic success.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for amputate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amputate
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Google earlier this month offloaded the key career resource program for supporting women in tech and severed its integration within the company.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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Teens can’t follow or be followed by accounts that repeatedly share inappropriate material, and any existing connections will be severed, blocking comments, messages and visibility in feeds.—
Larry Magid,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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McDaniel even yanked Tagovailoa in favor of rookie Quinn Ewers after his third pick.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
22 Oct. 2025
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Mel Brooks’ best comedy shares many similarities with his other revered films – a strong grip of genre beats, a non-stop barrage of gags yanking us forward, and an eagerness to give every performer a chance to comedically shine.—
Rory Doherty,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2025
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