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amputate

verb

/ˈæmpjʊteɪt/

Meaning

to cut off a limb from the body by surgery

The doctors had to amputate his leg after the accident.

remove, sever, cut off, excise

attach, connect

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

To beg or obtain something, especially food or money, without paying for it.

to remove completely; to delete or wipe out

to produce and release a substance from a cell, gland, or organ

to set up or restore something again after it has been disrupted

to hide something or keep it secret

to take control or possession of a place or thing