unlimbed
Stripped of branches
Unlimbed means having had limbs removed.
A tree unlimbed by storm or saw stands bare-trunked.
The word applies to bodies as well—a statue unlimbed by time, a soldier unlimbed by war.
Less commonly, unlimbed describes something that never had limbs to begin with.
Surgically severed limb
- dismemberedHad limbs cut off
- severedCut off completely
- truncatedCut off abruptly
- mutilatedDamaged by severing parts
maimed · prosthetic · stump · torso · quadruple · surgical · trauma · battlefield
amputated
Surgically severed limb
- dismemberedHad limbs cut off
- severedCut off completely
- truncatedCut off abruptly
mutilated · maimed · prosthetic · stump · torso · quadruple · surgical · trauma · battlefield · accident
pruned
Cut away excess growth
trimmed · felled · chainsaw · logger · branches · stripped · trunk · hazard · clearance · powerline
stripped
Had coverings removed
- bereftDeprived through loss
- diminishedMade or became smaller
- reducedMade less in amount
weakened · truncated · curtailed · bare · depleted · shorn · emptied · deprived · gutted · hollowed