'amputate' definitions:
Definition of 'amputate'
From: WordNet
verb
Remove surgically; "amputate limbs" [syn: amputate, cut off]
Synonyms of 'amputate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abscind,
- annihilate,
- ax,
- ban,
- bar,
- bisect,
- bob,
- butcher,
- carve,
- chop,
- cleave,
- clip,
- crop,
- cull,
- cut,
- cut away,
- cut in two,
- cut off,
- cut out,
- dichotomize,
- dissever,
- dock,
- eliminate,
- enucleate,
- eradicate,
- except,
- excise,
- exclude,
- extinguish,
- extirpate,
- fissure,
- gash,
- hack,
- halve,
- hew,
- incise,
- isolate,
- jigsaw,
- knock off,
- lance,
- lop,
- mutilate,
- nip,
- pare,
- peel,
- pick out,
- prune,
- rend,
- rive,
- root out,
- rule out,
- saw,
- scissor,
- set apart,
- set aside,
- sever,
- shave,
- shear,
- slash,
- slice,
- slit,
- snip,
- split,
- stamp out,
- strike off,
- strip,
- strip off,
- sunder,
- take off,
- take out,
- tear,
- truncate,
- whittle,
- wipe out