🦿amputate

verb
/ˈæmpjʊteɪt/

Meaning

to cut off a limb from the body by surgery

Example Sentences

The doctors had to amputate his leg after the accident.

Synonyms

remove, sever, cut off, excise

Antonyms

attach, connect

Collocations

amputate a leg, amputate an arm, had to amputate, surgically amputate

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