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Word: Ablate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late 15th century (in the general sense ‘take away, remove’): from Latin ablat- ‘taken away’ (see ablation)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈbleɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
remove (body tissue) surgically
Short Definition:remove body tissue surgically
Examples:- therapeutic intervention to ablate existing cancer cells
Definition:
gradually remove material from or erode (a surface or object) by melting, evaporation, frictional action, etc., or erode (material) in this way
Short Definition:remove or erode
Examples:- drying winds slowly ablate away the ice
- the laser beam can ablate solid rock from seven metres away
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