amputating

Cutting a limb

Amputating is the present participle of amputate, which means to surgically remove a limb or other body part.

The procedure is typically performed when tissue is damaged beyond repair by injury, disease, or infection, or when removal is necessary to prevent the spread of disease.

The surgeons had no choice but to amputate his leg below the knee.

Figuratively, amputate can describe cutting off or removing any part from a whole: The editor amputated the final chapter from the manuscript.

surgical

severing

Cutting apart completely

removingTaking something out
excisingCutting something out
limbJointed bodily projection

prosthesis · tourniquet · anesthesia · stump · surgeon · scalpel · gangrene · diabetes · circulation · bone saw

figurative

cutting off

Separating by force

eliminatingRemoving from consideration
severingCutting apart completely
removingTaking something out

excising · detaching · disconnecting · separating · pruning · trimming · stripping · divesting · isolating · extracting

trauma

battlefield

Combat engagement area

accidentUnintended harmful event
explosionViolent burst of energy
crush injuryTrauma from forceful squeezing

emergency · tourniquet · triage · shock · blood loss · rescue · first responder · mangled · traumatic · combat

amputating

severing

cutting off

battlefield

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