amputate
verb (used with object)
to cut off (all or part of a limb or digit of the body), as by surgery.
will amputate
-
future tenseof amputate.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
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.
Make him a surgeon, and he will amputate a leg with the same indifference with which a cutler saws a piece of bone for a knife handle.
From An History of Birmingham (1783) by William Hutton
