severed limb
Cut-off body part
A severed limb is an arm or leg that has been cut or torn from the body.
The phrase appears in medical contexts, accident reports, and descriptions of violence or trauma: Emergency responders found a severed limb at the scene.
Severed emphasizes the completeness of separation—the limb is entirely detached, not merely injured.
- amputationSurgical limb removal
- stumpTrunk base after felling
- bloodBody's oxygen carrier
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- war woundInjury from combat
wound · flesh wound · gash · clean cut · phantom · surgery · emergency room · tourniquet · blood loss · gore · flesh · bone · detached · dismembered · hacksaw · battlefield · accident · mangled
- Halloweenjack-o-lantern, trick or treating, haunted mansion, pumpkin, trick-or-treat
- injuriesbruise, fracture, sprain, fractures, concussion
- violenceviolence, physical attack, brutality, physical violence, aggression
- War Woundsshrapnel wound, shrapnel wounds, gunshot wound, gunshot wounds, bullet wound
- uncannyuncanny valley, doppelganger, mannequin, mannequins, wax figure
naturalness vs. artificiality
severed limbprosthetic
Manufactured body substitute
prosthetic limb · artificial limb · bionic arm · prosthesis · robotic arm
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