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Ablate

/əˈbleɪt/

To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.

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verb

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.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Ablate"

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Word	Definition
abatenoun	(uncountable) Abatement; reduction; (countable) an instance of this.
abate ofverb	(archaic) To lessen, to subtract something from.
abscissnoun	Alternative form of abscissa [(geometry) The first of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes.]
burn awayverb	(ergative) To remove or be removed by burning.
absciseverb	(transitive) To cut off.
abstractnoun	An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.
expungeverb	(transitive) To erase or strike out.
take awayverb	To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.
subtractverb	(transitive, arithmetic) To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number.
wipe outverb	(transitive) To destroy (especially, a large number or complete set of people or things); to obliterate.
obliterateverb	(transitive) To destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.
strip awayverb	(transitive) To remove, whether bit by bit or suddenly.
eliminateverb	(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
derogateverb	(transitive) To detract from (something); to disparage, belittle.
abrogateverb	(transitive, law) To annul (as a law, decree, ordinance, etc.) by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or their successor; to repeal.
diminishverb	(transitive) To make smaller.
abradeverb	(transitive) To rub or wear off; erode.
cut outverb	(transitive) To remove; to omit.
abolishverb	To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
wash awayverb	(by extension, figurative) To eliminate.