ablate

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. verb To undergo ablation; to become melted or evaporated and removed at a high temperature.

Similar words

abate abate of absciss burn away abscise abstract expunge take away subtract wipe out

Often followed by

the a tissue and or all residual an at

Word family

ablated ablates ablating