AMPUTATE


Meaning of AMPUTATE in English

[verb] - to cut off (esp. part of the body)In the end they had to amputate his foot to free him from the wrecked car. [T]In these cases there is no choice but to amputate. [I](figurative) He was faced with amputating (= removing) from the company the less profitable activities. [T]

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.