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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: wear away through erosion or vaporization
2: remove an organ or bodily structure

Merriam Webster's

verb (ablated; ablating) Etymology: Latin ablatus (past participle of auferre to remove), from ab- + latus, past participle of ferre — more at ukase, bear, tolerate Date: 1542 transitive verb to remove or destroy especially by cutting, abrading, or evaporating intransitive verb to become ablated; especially vaporize 1

Moby Thesaurus

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