amputate

Meanings

Verb

remove surgically
- "amputate limbs"
To cut off, to prune.
To surgically remove a part of the body, especially a limb.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin amputō (“prune, cut away”). The original sense of pruning (a tree, etc.) became obsolete. The OED considers uses related to anything other than an animal limb to be figurative uses of the modern sense.

Synonyms

cut off

Scrabble Score: 12

amputate is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
amputate is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
amputate is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

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