AMPUTATE

[am.pu.tate] vt -tat.ed ; -tat.ing [L amputatus, pp. of amputare, fr. am-, amb- around + putare to cut, prune--more at ambi-] (1638): to remove by or as if by cutting; esp: to cut (as a limb) from the body -- am.pu.ta.tion n