MEANING
To surgically cut off a limb or other body part.
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Words that belong together
- amputate a limb
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The surgeon amputated the damaged limb.
The account described why they had to amputate.
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Word forms
- Base
- amputate
- Past tense
- amputated
- Past participle
- amputated
- Present participle
- amputating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- amputate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are amputating
- Present perfect
- have/has amputated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been amputating
- Past
- amputated
- Past continuous
- was/were amputating
- Past perfect
- had amputated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been amputating
- Future
- will amputate
- Future continuous
- will be amputating
- Future perfect
- will have amputated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been amputating
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: amputate; amputates; amputated; amputated; amputating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: amputates.
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