amputate

Surgeons at Russells Hall Hospital in neighbouring Dudley later had to amputate both of her legs below the knee, as well as both of her hands, due to the spread of the condition.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026

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

Not long after, she went through more procedures: one to amputate her damaged limb and another to cut through her neck to retrieve a fishing hook that had migrated to tissue outside the esophagus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Italian had both his legs amputated after a motor racing accident in 2001 at the Lausitzring track in Germany.

From BBC ● May 2, 2026

He had only one arm, the left having been amputated ten inches below the shoulder joint, so that he wore the sleeve of his coat pinned up with the cuff fastened to the elbow.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

Once serious infection sets in, amputating a foot or limb may be the only option to save a patient’s life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026

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

In 2012, his right hand had become so badly infected following years of gout that it required amputating.

From BBC ● Dec. 25, 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