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ablate

[ a-bleyt ]

verb (used with object)

ablated, ablating.
  1. to remove or dissipate by melting, vaporization, erosion, etc.:

    to ablate a metal surface with intense heat.



verb (used without object)

ablated, ablating.
  1. to become ablated; undergo ablation.

ablate

/ æˈɪ /

verb

  1. tr to remove by ablation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ablate1

First recorded in 1535–45; from Latin ٳܲ “carried away,” past participle of auferre “to carry away,” from au-, variant of ab- ab- + ferre “to bear, bring, carry”; for the element -ٳܲ, earlier ٱٳܲ (unrecorded), thole 2( def ), tolerate ( def )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ablate1

C20: back formation from ablation
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Example Sentences

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Some space agencies and private companies have begun designing their craft to ablate — break apart and burn up — in the atmosphere at the end of their life, an approach called “design for demise.”

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But when the researchers genetically ablated these Mrgprb4 sensory neurons, sexual experiences no longer released dopamine and the female mice began rejecting the male mice’s advances after their first experience.

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That causes some of the ice to ablate into gas.

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I was told that I would eventually have in-utero surgery to ablate the veins connecting the twins, which would stop the perfusion.

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Robinson fades, agency ablated; whiteness occupies the forefront.

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