amputate

Woodhall would amputate more than 100 limbs, plus “many hands, and fingers,” in the next 25 years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

Although he was given many stitches that night, veterinarians ultimately decided it would be necessary to amputate the leg.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025

Last week, he had surgery to amputate his right hand, and is due to undergo further life-changing surgery to both his legs and his other hand on Thursday.

From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2024

Shaymaa was rushed to Nasser Hospital, where doctors quickly decided to amputate.

From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2024

I also learned that Marley had been a Rastafarian, and that Rastafari believe in a “whole body,” which is why he had refused surgery to amputate the toe.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

Bustamante insisted that a voter could not remove the ink and vote more than once "unless he amputates a finger, and if he does, I'll be delighted to let him vote two times, even ten."

From Time Magazine Archive

He gives them scene transplants or amputates a character or administers dialogue transfusions, but somehow these measures never restore these dramas to robust health.

From Time Magazine Archive

Flimsy characterization amputates the play just short of greatness.

From Time Magazine Archive

The surgeon, who amputates a leg to save the patient's life, does good, not evil.

From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Isaac Husik

He tries to kindle a fire When it's forty-five below; He aims to chop at a log And amputates his toe; He hobbles back to the shack And feebly cries out "yah"!

From Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads by Various

The 17-year-old has since had her leg amputated, joining hundreds more Venezuelans who lost limbs during the devastating twin tremors on June 24.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

One parent told the news outlet that her 18-year-old daughter had to have her right foot amputated after her diagnosis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

At a hospital in Caracas, doctors amputated his legs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

A woman who found out she was diabetic at seven years old has told how stepping on a dog biscuit led to her right leg being amputated.

From BBC ● May 10, 2026

The surgeons who had amputated my leg were now working on the skin, bone, and cartilage they had removed.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

Instead of amputating her arm to stop the spread of cancer, as her doctors urged her to do, Milla turns to a severely restricted diet consisting primarily of juice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025

Procedures that have been performed by staff at Al Shifa under such circumstances have included amputating limbs and fingers, stitching up serious wounds, and treating serious burns, said Abu Selmeyah, without elaborating.

From Reuters ● Nov. 10, 2023

A staph infection meant amputating her left foot below the knee in 2017.

From Washington Times ● May 4, 2023

Later, doctors recommended amputating his left leg, his mother said.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2022

“Yeah, my big toe. If I wasn’t wearing shoes, they’d be amputating this toe sure as hell.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy