ABLATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they ablate ... he / she / it ablates

Past simple: ablated

Past participle: ablated

-ing form: ablating

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)

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)