amputate
Example Sentences
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Recently, he had his own health crisis, having his right leg amputated after complications with diabetes.
From Los Angeles Times
Born without fibulas, he has both legs amputated below the knees before turning one year old.
From Reuters
Pistorius’s lower legs were amputated when he was a baby because of a congenital condition and he walks with prosthetics.
From Washington Times
Pistorius had both his lower legs amputated as a baby and walks with prosthetics.
From Washington Times
But a broken bone in her amputated leg interrupted that trip, and she returned to Israel, still with the hope of going back to Banff after she recovered.
From New York Times
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