Synonyms for Amputate
ˈæm pyʊˌteɪtam·pu·tate

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1. amputate

   Synonyms:
   abbreviate, abridge, boil down, condense, curtail, cut down, epitomize, reduce, retrench, sum up, summarize

   Antonyms:
   amplify, augment, develop, dilate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, extend, increase, unfold, widen

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1. amputate

   Synonyms:
   prune, lop, curtail, clip, remove

   Antonyms:
   extend, enlarge, augment, elongate, amplify, train, trail, develop, produce

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1. amputate, cut offverb

   remove surgically

   "amputate limbs"

   Synonyms:
   interrupt, disrupt, cut, lop off, cut out, amputate, break off, chip, cut off, break up, chop off, knap

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1. amputateverb

   Synonyms:
   sever, separate, cut off

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1. Talia Pan:

   Because of (a) drinking water shortage in the southwestern coastal area in the 1960s, (residents) had to drill deep wells to get drinking water. Because of arsenic in the water, there were cases of Blackfoot disease ... (which if) severe, the only option to save a life is to amputate both legs, because of this, a lot of women lost the opportunity to walk into marriage, walk into a new life chapter on high-heeled shoes ... Because of that history, we hope to create a place in Chiayi County, where people can get married, invoking the fairy tale of Cinderella.