as in severed
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 amputated
Victor was taken off life support April 12, four days after physicians amputated one of his legs in a desperate attempt to save his life.
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John Bacon, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025
Perez was rushed to a hospital, where his legs were amputated before he was declared brain dead on Friday, Vazquez said.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
An Idaho teen is in critical condition with his leg amputated after police shot him nine times.
—Andres Gutierrez, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2025
Eventually, both legs were amputated.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2025
The patient’s toe had been amputated because of an infection causing unbearable pain and Dr Shaik, a neurology resident overseeing her care was worried.
—Hansa Bhargava, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The circus worker later had his arm amputated above the elbow in the hospital, the outlet added.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
An infection set in, but Lully, who was an avid dancer, refused to have the gangrenous leg amputated and subsequently died.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
There was this one five-year-old girl who had her leg amputated in Gaza, but it was amputated really badly.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Dec. 2024
John Bacon, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025
Perez was rushed to a hospital, where his legs were amputated before he was declared brain dead on Friday, Vazquez said.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
An Idaho teen is in critical condition with his leg amputated after police shot him nine times.
—Andres Gutierrez, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2025
Eventually, both legs were amputated.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2025
The patient’s toe had been amputated because of an infection causing unbearable pain and Dr Shaik, a neurology resident overseeing her care was worried.
—Hansa Bhargava, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The circus worker later had his arm amputated above the elbow in the hospital, the outlet added.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
An infection set in, but Lully, who was an avid dancer, refused to have the gangrenous leg amputated and subsequently died.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
There was this one five-year-old girl who had her leg amputated in Gaza, but it was amputated really badly.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Amputated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amputated. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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