Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb amputate

1 sense of amputate

Sense 1
amputate, cut off -- (remove surgically; "amputate limbs")
       => remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment")