as in severed
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 amputated
Episodes of One Day in My Body feature powerful first-person stories from those who have experienced shocking medical conditions, including a woman born with no eyes, a man whose entire lower half of his body was amputated, and more.
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Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
The man’s leg had to be amputated.
—Zohreh Saberi, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
He was subsequently rushed to the hospital, where the remainder of his hand and part of his arm were amputated.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
The concerned Langdon finds that the patient survived, but had a portion of her leg amputated.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026
The 49ers Hall of Fame safety had his pinkie mangled on a tackle during a game in 1985, and played with a splint before having the digit amputated after the season.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2026
Adair was previously advised to have his leg amputated.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2026
Their aspirations for independence from the Habsburgs were crushed in 1849, and their territory was amputated by the peace agreements that ended the First World War.
—Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
The Baltimore native was born with fibular hemimelia and had her legs amputated at 18 months old.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2026
Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
The man’s leg had to be amputated.
—Zohreh Saberi, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
He was subsequently rushed to the hospital, where the remainder of his hand and part of his arm were amputated.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
The concerned Langdon finds that the patient survived, but had a portion of her leg amputated.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026
The 49ers Hall of Fame safety had his pinkie mangled on a tackle during a game in 1985, and played with a splint before having the digit amputated after the season.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2026
Adair was previously advised to have his leg amputated.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2026
Their aspirations for independence from the Habsburgs were crushed in 1849, and their territory was amputated by the peace agreements that ended the First World War.
—Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
The Baltimore native was born with fibular hemimelia and had her legs amputated at 18 months old.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amputated
severed
Verb
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Airports themselves, liminal spaces that, normally, are pleasantly severed from the lurches of the world, spun out, too.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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Police said the victim’s arm was nearly severed and was spewing blood after the attack.—
Deborah Vankin,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2026
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“Amputated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amputated. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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