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amputate

[am-pyoo-tayt] / ˈæm pjʊˌteɪt /


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After several months of treatment, zoo officials said the decision was made to amputate Crimson’s leg.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

He did his best to amputate above the sickly parts in the hope of saving the patient’s life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

The decision was then taken to amputate below his right knee, a procedure which took place on 2 June.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2026

Shaymaa was rushed to Nasser Hospital, where doctors quickly decided to amputate.

From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2024

“Of course, they may have to amputate Dad’s foot. Colonel Hopalong Meecham,” Mary Anne said.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Flimsy characterization amputates the play just short of greatness.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bustamante insisted that a voter could not remove the ink and vote more than once "unless he amputates a finger, and if he does, I'll be delighted to let him vote two times, even ten."

From Time Magazine Archive

He gives them scene transplants or amputates a character or administers dialogue transfusions, but somehow these measures never restore these dramas to robust health.

From Time Magazine Archive

All of us were amputates, or seriously wounded.

From Personal Recollections of the War of 1861 As Private, Sergeant and Lieutenant in the Sixty-First Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry by Charles Augustus Fuller

He tries to kindle a fire When it's forty-five below; He aims to chop at a log And amputates his toe; He hobbles back to the shack And feebly cries out "yah"!

From Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads by Various

The independent federal MP had to have both legs amputated after she was airlifted to Melbourne.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

A critically endangered roloway monkey has given birth only months after a pioneering operation spared her from having her foot amputated.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026

Among those taken in are a blind swan, an eagle with an amputated wing and a stork that suffered a concussion during an air attack.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

A woman who found out she was diabetic at seven years old has told how stepping on a dog biscuit led to her right leg being amputated.

From BBC ● May 10, 2026

They used a long part of the bone from my amputated big toe to make a bridge for my new nose.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

Once serious infection sets in, amputating a foot or limb may be the only option to save a patient’s life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026

Procedures that have been performed by staff at Al Shifa under such circumstances have included amputating limbs and fingers, stitching up serious wounds, and treating serious burns, said Abu Selmeyah, without elaborating.

From Reuters ● Nov. 10, 2023

A staph infection meant amputating her left foot below the knee in 2017.

From Washington Times ● May 4, 2023

In 2012, his right hand had become so badly infected following years of gout that it required amputating.

From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2022

Gangrene was spreading from Day’s toes to his knee; his doctor said his toes needed amputating, but Day refused.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot


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