ablate

[ a-bleyt ]
See synonyms for ablate on Thesaurus.com
verb (used with object),ab·lat·ed, ab·lat·ing.
  1. to remove or dissipate by melting, vaporization, erosion, etc.: to ablate a metal surface with intense heat.

verb (used without object),ab·lat·ed, ab·lat·ing.
  1. to become ablated; undergo ablation.

Origin of ablate

1
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), see also thole2, tolerate

Words Nearby ablate

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use ablate in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for ablate

ablate

/ (æbˈleɪt) /


verb
  1. (tr) to remove by ablation

Origin of ablate

1
C20: back formation from ablation

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012