Associations to the word «amputate»

Wiktionary

AMPUTATE, verb. To surgically remove a part of the body, especially a limb

Dictionary definition

AMPUTATE, verb. Remove surgically; "amputate limbs".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke