amputate
verb (used with object)
to cut off (all or part of a limb or digit of the body), as by surgery.
was amputating
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past progressiveof amputate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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In 1995, a doctor in the US discovered halfway through surgery that he was amputating the wrong leg of a diabetic patient.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2021
