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
After all, what says hardcore quite like amputating your own fingertip with a pocketknife?
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Sarah Goodman, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Seven surgeries and fighting a bacterial infection Annabelle underwent an initial surgery that amputated her leg.
—Morgan Chesky, NBC News, 31 Dec. 2024
Taking tissue samples from the stub of Cher Ami’s right leg (which had been amputated due to German fire) and the underside of Cher Ami’s left rear toe pad, the researchers were able to determine that the bird was indeed a male, as had been theorized.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
In an interview with the Hürriyet Daily News, vet Nurhan Kahraman suggested two separate incidents involving a cat and a puppy, in which both animals had two of their legs amputated, could have been down to black magic.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
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Sarah Goodman, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Seven surgeries and fighting a bacterial infection Annabelle underwent an initial surgery that amputated her leg.
—Morgan Chesky, NBC News, 31 Dec. 2024
Taking tissue samples from the stub of Cher Ami’s right leg (which had been amputated due to German fire) and the underside of Cher Ami’s left rear toe pad, the researchers were able to determine that the bird was indeed a male, as had been theorized.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
In an interview with the Hürriyet Daily News, vet Nurhan Kahraman suggested two separate incidents involving a cat and a puppy, in which both animals had two of their legs amputated, could have been down to black magic.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
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