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Variant of ablate

ablate Definition

ab·late (ab lāt)

transitive verb ablated -·lat′ed, ablating -·lat′·ing

  1. to remove, as by surgery
  2. Astrophysics to wear away, melt, or vaporize (surface material) by entering into or passing through the atmosphere at supersonic speed
  3. Geol. to wear away, as by erosion

Etymology: back-form. < ablation < LL(Ec) ablatio, a taking away < L ablatus: see ablative

intransitive verb

to undergo ablation

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ablating Usage Examples

Object

  • material: Our explanation for this was that a strong stellar wind was blowing last the clumps and ablating material from them.

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