amputate
verb (used with object)
to cut off (all or part of a limb or digit of the body), as by surgery.
had amputated
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past perfectof amputate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Both nurses told investigators that, as Brown changed the bandages, she expressed disbelief that no one had amputated his foot, according to the affidavit.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2022
“Some had amputated limbs and legs,” Tewodros said.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 2021
But her young husband of a few months now had amputated legs.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2017
Based on the howls emitting from the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, you might have thought they had amputated the president’s ego.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2017
The surgeons who had amputated my leg were now working on the skin, bone, and cartilage they had removed.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
