Synonyms of amputated

amputated

verb

past tense of amputate

as in severed

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

His arm was badly injured and had to be amputated.

Related Words

• severed
• yanked
• tore
• ripped
• cut (off)
• pulled
• grabbed
• extracted
• snatched
• wrenched
• dissevered
• jerked
• snapped (up)
• seized
• forced
• wrested
• uprooted
• nabbed
• pried
• nipped
• lopped (off)
• prized
• rooted (out)

Dissimilar Words

• reattached

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of amputated

After a delay, he was taken to a hospital where one of his legs was amputated. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

Eventually, gangrene set in and part of his foot had to be amputated. — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026

The Broadway star endured mini-strokes, blood clots, septic infections and a tracheostomy before doctors amputated his right leg. — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026

Thomas had his foot amputated following his accident and is the first person to compete on The Challenge with a prosthetic limb. — Emma Banks, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026

In 2008 she was diagnosed with brain cancer, and her left leg was later amputated. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2026

Kloots documented his entire stay on social media, even as Cordero had his leg amputated because of blood clots. — Shelby Stivale, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Aug. 2026

Burke allegedly amputated two of Hernandez’s fingers after dismembering her body with a chainsaw to cover up evidence of the tattoo linking the two. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026

Matt Miller, the ESPN NFL Draft analyst who shared last month on social media that his left arm was amputated following an automobile accident in southern Missouri, reportedly is being investigated by the state attorney general. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026