AMPUTATE Synonyms
There are 10 hypernyms of the word amputate. (close relations)
amputation
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| cut off | verbv | |||||
adjective satellite • detached by cutting verb • make a break in • cease, stop • remove by or as if by cutting • cut off and stop • break a small piece off from • remove surgically | ||||||
| ablate | verbv | |||||
verb • wear away through erosion or vaporization • remove an organ or bodily structure | ||||||
| crop | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • the yield from plants in a single growing season • a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale • a collection of people or things appearing together • the output of something in a season • the stock or handle of a whip • a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food verb • cut short • prepare for crops • yield crops • let feed in a field or pasture or meadow • feed as in a meadow or pasture • cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of | ||||||
| detach | verbv | |||||
verb • cause to become detached or separated; take off • separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment • come to be detached | ||||||
| dismember | verbv | |||||
verb • separate the limbs from the body • divide into pieces | ||||||
| excise | verbv | |||||
noun • a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate) verb • remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line • levy an excise tax on • remove by cutting | ||||||
| remove | verbv | |||||
noun • degree of figurative distance or separation verb • remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract • remove from a position or an office • dispose of • cause to leave • shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes • stay away or leave • kill intentionally and with premeditation • get rid of something abstract | ||||||
| sever | verbv | |||||
verb • set or keep apart • cut off from a whole | ||||||
| truncate | verbv | |||||
adjective satellite • terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off verb • replace a corner by a plane • approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one • make shorter as if by cutting off | ||||||