AMPUTATED Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

amputated

verb

past tense of amputate

as in severed

medical to remove (part of a person's body) His arm was badly injured and had to be amputated.

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reattached

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Recent Examples of amputated Haines, a 65-year-old independent lawmaker, remained in critical condition on Thursday in a Melbourne hospital where surgeons have amputated both her legs, a health department statement said. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026 Husband says Haines has lost both her legs Haines’ husband said her left leg was amputated on Monday and her right leg was amputated on Wednesday after doctors abandoned hope of saving it. — Rod McGuirk, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 Brisbane, Australia — The Australian lawmaker hit by a car in an allegedly deliberate attack has now had both legs amputated, her husband announced Wednesday. — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026 Australian lawmaker Helen Haines has had both legs amputated after being rammed by a car outside her electoral office, her husband said, as the man accused of the attack appeared in court. — David Hickey, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026 One employee using the cutting machine, which had an inadequate guard, had two fingertips amputated in June, according to public records obtained by The Washington Post. — Myla S. Roundy, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026 With only 2 percent chance of survival, both of Purdy's legs were amputated below the knee. — Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026 Woodhall was born with fibula hemimelia, a shortening or nonexistence of the fibula bone, and his parents decided to have his legs amputated when the future Paralympian was 11 months old. — Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026 The stranger informs her matter-of-factly that Alice’s leg will be amputated unless Anna opts into her payment-plan bargain. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

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severed

Verb

Her left hand was nearly severed by a gunshot, and her right arm was struck as well.

— Gene Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
Another tricky thing about the Arizona site was that it had been severed from its links to local merchants.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of severed

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