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amputate

verb as in remove a limb

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Example Sentences

He was removed to the rear, and the doctors decided that it was necessary to amputate the right leg.

Will it cripple you seriously to lose that hand; because Im afraid theyll have to amputate when you go down.

The thing necessary was to amputate the gangrened limb, and so prevent the disease from attacking the whole body.

True, her right leg was broken, and it had been necessary to amputate her left foot in order to save her life.

For a moment she had a passing dream that some one was trying to amputate her hand with a wood-saw, then it all came back to her.

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On this page you'll find 21 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to amputate, such as: cut away, cut off, sever, dismember, eliminate, and excise.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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