ablate
/əˈbleɪt/
verb
- To remove or destroy tissue, especially by surgery, heat, or other medical procedure.
- Doctors used a laser to ablate the abnormal cells in her throat.
- The surgeon will ablate the small tumor to prevent it from growing.
- Radio waves can ablate the faulty heart tissue that causes arrhythmia.
- To wear away or be worn away by melting, erosion, or vaporization.
- The spacecraft's heat shield is designed to ablate during re-entry.
- Glaciers slowly ablate as the climate warms.
- Wind and rain ablate the surface of soft rock over centuries.
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