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
Catherine’s right leg was lacerated to the bone and nearly amputated by a propeller.
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
The 50-year-old North Carolina father from Wilkesboro told WXII 12 that life changed for him suddenly when his leg was amputated at the knee earlier this year.
—Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
In 2021, while coaching at Jackson State, Sanders had two toes on his left foot amputated due to blood clots.
—Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Health officials in Gaza say more than 4,700 Palestinians have had limbs amputated in the nearly two years of war.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 29 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
Perez was rushed to a hospital, where his legs were amputated before he was declared brain dead on Friday, Vazquez said.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
The 50-year-old North Carolina father from Wilkesboro told WXII 12 that life changed for him suddenly when his leg was amputated at the knee earlier this year.
—Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
In 2021, while coaching at Jackson State, Sanders had two toes on his left foot amputated due to blood clots.
—Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Health officials in Gaza say more than 4,700 Palestinians have had limbs amputated in the nearly two years of war.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 29 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
Perez was rushed to a hospital, where his legs were amputated before he was declared brain dead on Friday, Vazquez said.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amputated
severed
Verb
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Claire is standing on her front lawn, and suddenly…a life upended, a body and soul severed, a reality redefined.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
27 Oct. 2025
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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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“Amputated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amputated. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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