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Amputate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To cut off (a projecting body part), especially by surgery.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To surgically remove a part of the body, especially a limb

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils.

v. To cut off (a limb or projecting part of the body)

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To prune, as branches or twigs of trees or vines.

To cut off, as a limb or other part of an animal body; cut away the whole or a part of (more commonly the latter): as, to amputate the leg below the knee.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. remove surgically

Word Usage

"Workers were told to tightly wrap the teat with an elastic band in order to "amputate" it."

Verb Form

amputated amputates amputating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

remove take withdraw take away

Hyponym

slough off

Form

amputated amputating

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

sever prune