amputate
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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
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
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
“Before that, she had polio. Her right leg was shorter than her left. She wore long skirts to cover her legs. Eventually they had to amputate her right leg.”
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
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
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
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
It amputates his imagination at its tap root.
From The Lost Art of Reading by Gerald Stanley Lee
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
His four brothers also fought in World War Two, one of whom had a leg amputated.
From BBC ● May 25, 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 41-year-old has previously said that surgery had prevented her from having her leg amputated following the incident.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
Block above block, each story smaller than the one below, the tall houses rose like stepped and amputated pyramids into the blue sky.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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
Later, doctors recommended amputating his left leg, his mother said.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2022
Taking it away would be like amputating a leg.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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