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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of amputate.

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Examples

  • Neither of the above were nice people but driving your car at somebody & causing them such injury that they have to have their legs amputated is not the way to behave. on October 29, 2009 at 6: 57 pm Olivers Army oooh, thanks for pointing out all that stuff about PSD copper bottom, I was just putting on my ‘smack in the gob’ gloves!

    Have You Heard The One About……. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • At the U.S. military hospital on a wooded hilltop here, the cost of the Iraq war is measured in amputated limbs, burst eyeballs, shrapnel-torn bodies and shattered lives.

    09/28/2004 2004

  • Instead of viewing this as a disability, Subject #40 dubs his amputated arm "The Asset" and uses it to make women feel sorry for him, and later sleep with him.

    Jed P. Cohen: Brief Interviews with Hideous Men: Women and (Mostly) Men 2009

  • An investigative report to be aired on Italian television Wednesday raises the possibility that Israel has used an experimental weapon in the Gaza Strip in recent months, causing especially serious physical injuries, such as amputated limbs and severe burns.

    Tuesday, October 31, 2006 As'ad 2006

  • After years of hearings and debates about the "invisible wounds of war" - the traumatic brain injuries and combat stress injuries inflicted in the Iraq and Afghanistan war zones - lawmakers met Thursday to focus on the visible wounds of war, such as amputated limbs and spinal cord injuries.

    Air Force Times - News 2010

  • "Avoir courage," Stewart said to an elderly man being transferred to a post-operation recovery ward after both legs were amputated, which is Creole for 'Have courage. "

    naplesnews.com Stories 2010

  • Young people on the trip, from 12 states, England, Canada and Israel, have conditions ranging from cancer to cerebral palsy, says Kids of Courage co-founder Howie Kafka of Lawrence, N.Y. Some have had limbs amputated because of their illnesses; others are paralyzed, he says.

    Kids of Courage takes ill youths on cross-country adventure 2011

  • What is more likely will look like California, with massive social service cuts followed by social disruption, and/or increased crime, and/or unattractive conditions (amputated beggars on the National Mall).

    Matthew Yglesias » Hegemony and Deficit 2010

  • Her legs had been amputated above the knee, long ago, he assumed.

    What Is Life? vic fortezza 2011

  • Due to infections stemming from improper treatment, Lahpai Kai Ra's leg will most likely have to be amputated.

    Asean's Burmese Daze Oddny Gumaer 2011

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