amputate
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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
Another patient in north Wales almost had the wrong toe removed during surgery to amputate two others.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2024
Shaymaa was rushed to Nasser Hospital, where doctors quickly decided to amputate.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2024
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
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
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 surgeon, who amputates a leg to save the patient's life, does good, not evil.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac
At a hospital in Caracas, doctors amputated his legs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
She ultimately had to have her flipper amputated, according to Jaros.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
"Dr Tom Hackett saved my leg - he saved it from being amputated," she said.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026
Brenda's leg was amputated after a car crash five years ago and she joined the swimming group as a way of challenging herself.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026
He whispered that the blackness would spread and that he would survive only if his leg were amputated.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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
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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