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

The decision was then taken to amputate below his right knee, a procedure which took place on 2 June.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2026

But the doctors in Gaza refused to amputate, hoping to save the foot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2024

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

From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2024

“Of course, they may have to amputate Dad’s foot. Colonel Hopalong Meecham,” Mary Anne said.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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

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

All of us were amputates, or seriously wounded.

From Personal Recollections of the War of 1861 As Private, Sergeant and Lieutenant in the Sixty-First Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry by Charles Augustus Fuller

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

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

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

Among those taken in are a blind swan, an eagle with an amputated wing and a stork that suffered a concussion during an air attack.

From Barron's ● May 20, 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

With my right leg amputated, I had to learn how to get around with no legs.

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