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

/ æbˈleɪt /

verb

1. (tr) to remove by ablation

Word History and Origins

Origin of ablate¹

First recorded in 1535–45; from Latin ablātus “carried away,” past participle of auferre “to carry away,” from au-, variant of ab- ab- + ferre “to bear, bring, carry”; for the element -lātus, earlier tlātus (unrecorded), thole ² ( def. ), tolerate ( def. )

Word History and Origins

Origin of ablate¹

C20: back formation from _ablation

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.”

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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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