amputate
verb
[ ˈampjʊteɪt ]
• cut off (a limb) by surgical operation.
• "surgeons had to amputate her left hand"
Similar:
cut off,
sever,
remove (surgically),
saw off,
chop off,
lop off,
hack off,
dock,
cleave,
hew off,
shear off,
slice off,
separate,
part,
detach,
disconnect,
dissever,
abscise,
Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin amputat- ‘lopped off’, from amputare, from am- (for amb- ‘about’) + putare ‘to prune’.
