as in to sever
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 amputate
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.
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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
Once Dove was strong enough and was no longer anemic, she was cleared for surgery to have the broken leg amputated.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
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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
Once Dove was strong enough and was no longer anemic, she was cleared for surgery to have the broken leg amputated.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amputate
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Vasquez died from gunshot wounds to the face and to the left of Vasquez’s belly button, which affected several internal organs and severed his spinal cord, according to previous testimony.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
3 Oct. 2025
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The attacker allegedly severed the boy’s head from his body and continued to attack his torso as the victim’s mother watched.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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Annoyed Detroit ticketholders reacted Wednesday on YoungBoy fan sites after the LCA show was yanked from the tour schedule.—
Brian McCollum,
Freep.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Previously, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell yanked their music off the service to protest Joe Rogan’s podcast at the height of the pandemic for supposedly spreading misinformation about the Covid vaccine.—
Roy Trakin,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Amputate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amputate. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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