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verb (used with object)
1.
to remove or dissipate by melting, vaporization, erosion, etc.: to ablate a metal surface with intense heat.
verb (used without object)
2.
to become ablated; undergo ablation.
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| —vb | |
| (tr) to remove by ablation | |
| [C20: back formation from | |
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ablate ab·late (ā-blāt')
v. ab·lat·ed, ab·lat·ing, ab·lates
To remove or destroy the function of.
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