amputate
verb (used with object)
to cut off (all or part of a limb or digit of the body), as by surgery.
have amputated
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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
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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 flatter themselves they've saved your leg where some surgeons would have amputated.
From The Luckiest Girl in the School by Angela Brazil
There was no need of his dying even though it might have been necessary to have amputated his arm higher up.
