ablate
verbUS /əˈbleɪt/
Etymology From Middle English ablat (“taken away”), from Latin ablātus, past participle of auferō (“to remove”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). First attested in the 1500s, it became obsolete by the early 1600s. Returned into use as a back-formation from ablation.
1
To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.
2
To undergo ablation; to become melted or evaporated and removed at a high temperature.
- Derived terms
- ablatable, ablator, abliterate, abliteration, electroablate