amputate

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Last Days revolves around a murder that may or may not have happened in a cult of self-mutilating monks-the idea is that the more you amputate, the closer you get to God.

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  1. transitive verb To cut off (a projecting body part), especially by surgery.

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  • The operating surgeon at first wants to amputate, because he can see no hope of saving it. —  I Flew For The Führer
  • I don't have to amputate, in many cases, because of its efficacy Okay," Thane said, "I'll do it. —  A Man Alone by Lindsay Mckenna
  • Last Days revolves around a murder that may or may not have happened in a cult of self-mutilating monks-the idea is that the more you amputate, the closer you get to God. —  Portland Mercury
  • We just have to amputate sometimes and that was one time I did. —  ElsaElsa.com
  • It's like a doctor saying, Well, chemo didn't cure your brain tumor, so I'll have to amputate your leg. —  Marquette Warrior
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  1. Latin amputāre, amputāt-, to cut around : am-, ambi-, around; see ambi- + putāre, to cut; see pau-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin amputatus, past participle of amputare, cut off around, lop off, especially plants, prune, from am- for ambi-, around, + putare, lop, prune, cleanse, from putus, pure, clean, akin to purus, pure: see pute and pure.
 

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/ˈæmpjuteɪt/
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