Amputate
Amputate ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
[Latin amputatus, past participle of amputare: amb- + putare to prune, putus clean, akin to English pure. See Putative.]
1.
To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils.
2.
(Surgery) To cut off (a limb or projecting part of the body) — Wiseman