ablating

transitive verb ablated, ablating

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

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

intransitive verb