ablate

/ษ™หˆbleษชt/

IPA: /AH0 B L EY1 T/

verb
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    To undergo ablation; to become melted or evaporated and removed at a high temperature.

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