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ablate
[ a-bleyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to remove or dissipate by melting, vaporization, erosion, etc.:
to ablate a metal surface with intense heat.
verb (used without object)
- to become ablated; undergo ablation.
ablate
/ æˈɪ /
verb
- tr to remove by ablation
Word History and Origins
Origin of ablate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of ablate1
Example Sentences
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.”
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.
That causes some of the ice to ablate into gas.
I was told that I would eventually have in-utero surgery to ablate the veins connecting the twins, which would stop the perfusion.
Robinson fades, agency ablated; whiteness occupies the forefront.
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