Definition of "amputating" []

• Present participle of amputate. (verb)

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• "Growing up, we were pretty good with the idea of amputating all of Jersey from the Delaware River to just before the shore, and pulling the shore up close to Philly."
• "In this framework, the most barbarous aspects of sharia must be denounced, such as amputating the hand of a thief, cutting out the tongue of a liar, or bequeathing a smaller inheritance to women."
• "In recent years, Islamist hardliners in Somalia and Nigeria have introduced strict punishment based on Sharia law, such as amputating the hands of thieves and even stoning to death for adultery."