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ablate

/əˈbleɪt/ US

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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.

verb ablates · ablating · ablated

transitive To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.
intransitive To undergo ablation; to become melted or evaporated and removed at a high temperature.

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@misc{ablate_2026,
  title = {ablate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ablate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}