amputate
verb (used with object)
to cut off (all or part of a limb or digit of the body), as by surgery.
have amputated
-
present perfectof amputate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Many have amputated limbs, including some who are war veterans.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 16, 2023
To football players who rush to return from injury, to those who have amputated fingers and made other rash decisions just get back on the field, Cravens’s struggles make no sense.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2017
Keith Tebbit from Dunstable was disqualified after he was discovered to have amputated both his legs.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 9, 2012
They are said to have founded many cities in Asia Minor, to have been expert horsewomen, and to have amputated their left breast the more easily to use their bows.
From How to See the British Museum in Four Visits by W. Blanchard Jerrold
The understanding of a child can perceive that the design-argument does not assert that men were intended to have amputated limbs, but that crutches are designed for those whose limbs are paralyzed or amputated.
From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Cocker
