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   amputate

   /ˈampjʊteɪt/

   verb

   • 1. cut off (a limb) by surgical operation: "surgeons had to amputate her left hand"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from Latin amputat- ‘lopped off’, from amputare, from am- (for amb- ‘about’) + putare ‘to prune’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. amputator noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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