amputate

Verb

Verb Forms: amputated, amputating, amputates

To cut off a part of the body by surgery.
remove surgically
- "amputate limbs"
To cut off, to prune.
To surgically remove a part of the body, especially a limb.

Examples

He had to amputate the ’S’ from his planned word to make it fit.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin amputō (“prune, cut away”). The original sense of pruning (a tree, etc.) became obsolete. The OED considers uses related to anything other than an animal limb to be figurative uses of the modern sense.

Synonyms

cut off

Scrabble Score: 12

amputate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
amputate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
amputate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

amputate: valid Words With Friends Word