Verb: ablate a'bleyt or u'bleyt
- Wear away through erosion or vaporization
"The spacecraft's heat shield ablated during re-entry"
- Remove an organ or bodily structure
"The surgeon had to ablate part of the liver due to the tumour"
Derived forms: ablated, ablates, ablating
Type of: remove, take, take away, wear, wear down, wear out, wear thin, withdraw
Encyclopedia: Ablate