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What does amputate mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word amputate? Here's what it means.

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  1. To surgically remove a part of the body, especially a limb
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The surgeon comes to look at Paul, who refuses to be chloroformed out of fear that they will amputate his leg.
If Mr Putin were asked to come to their rescue, might he amputate a bit of Kazakhstan, too?
The dilemma of the surgeon being asked to amputate a healthy limb is similar.
We can measure his heart rhythms, take his blood pressure and even amputate a limb.
It was this faith that saw him through a complicated surgery to amputate his right leg on account of diabetes-related complications.
He has had surgeries to amputate a leg and stabilize his spine.

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