verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
leg
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We are having to amputate the arms and legs of three, four and five year olds - without anaesthetic.
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The doctors decided to amputate his leg .
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Doctors were forced to amputate her right leg , but Jennifer died when a blood clot caused a pulmonary embolism.
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For nearly a month, doctors debated amputating his ravaged legs .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He damaged his leg so badly that it had to be amputated.
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Two toes had to be amputated because of frostbite.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Doctors were forced to amputate her right leg, but Jennifer died when a blood clot caused a pulmonary embolism.
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Eventually, both of Larivee's legs were amputated.
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Having an arm amputated is not the same as being born with an arm missing.
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People in wheelchairs, people with arms amputated or whatever, you know.
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Some are so tormented by the disorder they have demanded that limbs are amputated.
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Still, there is a way that science has helped to amputate our understanding of the world as a sacred place.
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The judge said, when gangrene sets in, the doctor has no choice but to amputate .
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We are having to amputate the arms and legs of three, four and five year olds - without anaesthetic.