Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To cut off (a projecting body part), especially by surgery.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils.
- transitive verb (Surg.) To cut off (a limb or projecting part of the body)
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
surgically remove a part of the body, especially alimb
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb remove surgically
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Workers were told to tightly wrap the teat with an elastic band in order to "amputate" it.
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Th 'dern doctor wanted t' amputate 'm, an' Bill, he raised a heluva row, I hear.
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Th 'dern doctor wanted t' amputate 'm, an' Bill, he raised a heluva row, I hear.
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Three fingers was crunched. Th 'dern doctor wanted t' amputate 'm, an' Bill, he raised a heluva row, I hear.
The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane 1885
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Three fingers was crunched. Th 'dern doctor wanted t' amputate 'm, an' Bill, he raised a heluva row, I hear.
The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane 1885
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To 'amputate' such wickedness for the future, the letter last preceding has been addressed to the Senate; and the 'Possessores sive curiales' are now invited to state their grievances fully and frankly, or else ever after hold their peace and cultivate a habit of patience.
The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator Senator Cassiodorus 1872
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Church abuse cases: Mgr Scicluna speaks on need to 'amputate' to heal '
timesofmalta.com 2010
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Church abuse cases: Mgr Scicluna speaks on need to 'amputate' to heal '
timesofmalta.com 2010
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Church abuse cases: Mgr Scicluna speaks on need to 'amputate' to heal '
timesofmalta.com 2010
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Church abuse cases: Mgr Scicluna speaks on need to 'amputate' to heal '
timesofmalta.com 2010
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