as in severed
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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 amputated
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
As a result, Elisburg needing to have a part of one foot amputated and was bedridden for a month.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
According to the GoFundMe, Scott initially had her right arm and left leg amputated but later required further surgery to amputate the other two limbs.
—Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 24 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
His treatments reportedly included having two toes amputated.
—Andy Frye, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Once Dove was strong enough and was no longer anemic, she was cleared for surgery to have the broken leg amputated.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
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.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
Daniel Estrin, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
As a result, Elisburg needing to have a part of one foot amputated and was bedridden for a month.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
According to the GoFundMe, Scott initially had her right arm and left leg amputated but later required further surgery to amputate the other two limbs.
—Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 24 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
His treatments reportedly included having two toes amputated.
—Andy Frye, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Once Dove was strong enough and was no longer anemic, she was cleared for surgery to have the broken leg amputated.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
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.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amputated
severed
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Vasquez died from gunshot wounds to the face and to the left of Vasquez’s belly button, which affected several internal organs and severed his spinal cord, according to previous testimony.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
3 Oct. 2025
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The attacker allegedly severed the boy’s head from his body and continued to attack his torso as the victim’s mother watched.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Amputated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amputated. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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