Synonyms of amputating

amputating

verb

present participle of amputate

as in severing

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

His arm was badly injured and had to be amputated.

Related Words

• severing
• yanking
• tearing
• ripping
• cutting (off)
• pulling
• grabbing
• extracting
• snatching
• wrenching
• jerking
• seizing
• dissevering
• forcing
• snapping (up)
• wresting
• uprooting
• nabbing
• prying
• lopping (off)
• nipping
• rooting (out)
• prizing

Dissimilar Words

• reattaching