English dictionary
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English verb: operate on | |||
| 1. | operate on (body) perform surgery on | ||
| Samples | The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life. | ||
| Examples | Did he operate on his foot? | ||
| Synonyms | operate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | care for, treat | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | desex, desexualise, desexualize, face-lift, fix, lift, sterilise, sterilize, trephine, unsex, venesect | ||
| Domain category | medicine, practice of medicine | ||
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