amputate

Her husband, Phil, has said that surgeons had been forced to amputate both her legs in an effort to save her.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

But she still recalled with visible emotion the time she and Williams' father faced up to a "nightmare" - when doctors asked them to sign a consent form to amputate their son's right leg.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

He did his best to amputate above the sickly parts in the hope of saving the patient’s life.

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

I’m sure they offered him some artificial replacement, like they did Peeta when they had to amputate his lower leg, but I guess he didn’t take it.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

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

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

Flimsy characterization amputates the play just short of greatness.

From Time Magazine Archive

The surgeon who amputates a limb, in order to save the life of his patient, acts upon the same principle.

From A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory by Albert Taylor Bledsoe

Is the surgeon guilty of wrong who amputates a limb to preserve life?

From Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject by E. N. Elliott

It is understood the letter was sent to Markle, 82, while he was in hospital in the Philippines after having his leg amputated.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

A critically endangered roloway monkey has given birth only months after a pioneering operation spared her from having her foot amputated.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026

Relatives found Anderson Daniel Salcedo, 22, at Caracas's university hospital and alerted his mother, who immediately travelled to the Venezuelan capital, Reuters reported, only to find they had already amputated his legs.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

At a hospital in Caracas, doctors amputated his legs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

So they simply amputated the arm at the elbow, and for the rest of his life my father had to manage with one arm.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl

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

That meant amputating the foot and the bottom of the leg, and fitting me with a prosthesis—an artificial leg.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge