Synonyms for operate on
op·er·ate on

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1. operate on, operateverb

   perform surgery on

   "The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life"

   Synonyms:
   lock, run, operate, manoeuvre, engage, manoeuver, go, function, work, control, mesh, maneuver

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1. Enrique Crespo:

   It's not the worst injury I've seen, but it's the biggest goring wound I've ever had to operate on.

2. Tammy Duckworth:

   I was trying to operate on a schedule and trying to force a 5-year-old and a 2-year-old to operate on a senator's schedule, which is ridiculous when you put it that way, we've set up a little office for him when he's in there with the door shut, and I'm like,' how come you get to be in that office with the door shut ? And I am out here at the kitchen table and trying to homeschool and do this ?' So, you know, it's been rough.

3. Felmont Eaves:

   It's important to understand their motivation and where they are psychologically, you don't want to operate on something you don't have to.

4. Bill Browder:

   The United States has very clear laws in relation to mutual legal assistance with Russia, in relation to extradition with Russia and various other things, you have agencies that operate on those laws, and I don't think that there are going to be people who work in the apparatus of the law enforcement agencies of The United States that are going to be going along with a dirty deal with Putin.

5. Omar Estacio:

   He is in the clinic. They are going to operate on him tomorrow or the day after, he is in good spirits. It is a hernia that was operated last May but has reproduced.