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ABLATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they ablate ... he / she / it ablates
Past simple: ablated
Past participle: ablated
-ing form: ablating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove an organ or bodily structure
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "ablate" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Domain category:
operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
ablation (surgical removal of a body part or tissue)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Wear away through erosion or vaporization
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "ablate" is one way to...):
wear; wear down; wear off; wear out; wear thin (deteriorate through use or stress)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Derivation:
ablation (the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers)
ablative (tending to ablate; i.e. to be removed or vaporized at very high temperature)
