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amputate

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈæmpjʊteɪt/Part of speech verbSorted aaempttuStarts with AEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. remove surgically

Word origin

From Latin amputō (“prune, cut away”). The original sense of pruning (a tree, etc.) became obsolete. The OED considers uses related to anything other than an animal limb to be figurative uses of the modern sense.

Used in a sentence

  • The surgeon had to amputate the patient’s leg to save his life.
  • Several soldiers had limbs amputated after the battle.

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