amputate

US /ˈæm.pjə.teɪt/
UK /ˈæm.pjə.teɪt/
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1.

cut off (a limb or other appendage of the body) by surgical operation

:
The doctors had to amputate his leg due to the severe infection.
He lost several fingers and had to have one hand amputated after the accident.