amputation (n.)

• abscission
• annihilation
• butchering
• cleavage
• cutting
• destruction
• dichotomy
• elimination
• enucleation
• eradication
• excision
• exclusion
• extinction
• extirpation
• fission
• laceration
• mutilation
• operation
• removal
• rescission
• resection
• ripping
• scission
• section
• severance
• slicing
• splitting
• surgery
• tearing
• transplant