AMPUTATES Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

amputates

verb

present tense third-person singular of amputate

as in severs

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 amputates In a particularly gnarly flashback, one sibling voluntarily — and crudely — amputates his fingers to match his brother's disfigured hand, which lost two digits when Angier shot him. — Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026

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As the gang members shoot at him, Juggut severs the rope and falls; the train passes unharmed, over his body, into Pakistan.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026
Then make a 45-degree cut from the bed towards the first cut to form a trench that severs the root system of the nearby grass.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 July 2026

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Verb

Johnson yanks veterans' benefits package An effort to advance a package of VA benefits bills this morning on the House floor went down in flames – the latest in Speaker Mike Johnson's struggle to get Republicans on the same page.

— Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 16 July 2026
Like a false note on an out-of-tune piano, a clunky verb, a sentence without rhythm, yanks the reader out the flow of the work.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 May 2026

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