ablate

Meaning

1. To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.
2. To undergo ablation; to become melted or evaporated and removed at a high temperature.

Synonyms

remove

take

clear

take out

strip

banish

breathe

call in

caramelize

close out

cross off

cross out

crush

cull

cut out

detach

digest

disconnect

disembody

disengage

disjoint

dislodge

dismantle

dissolve

draw

draw away

drive out

edit

eject

eliminate

elute

excise

expunge

extirpate

free

🆓

fry

fuse

harvest

hollow out

kill

🔪🩸👤

let go

lift

liquefy

lop

mark

melt

obviate

preclude

pull

purge

put aside

rid of

run

scratch out

sever

stand back

stem

strike

strike off

strike out

sunder

take away

thaw

unbelt

unbend

unbind

uncouple

unfasten

unfreeze

unhitch

unleash

unmuzzle

unscrew

unsolder

untie

wipe away

wipe off

write off

abscise

blank out

caramelise

unthaw

delete

waste

abolish

abrogate

abstract

amputate

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈbleɪt/

Etymology

Derived from Middle English ablat (“taken away”), from Latin ablatum, past participle of auferre (“to remove”); ab- (“away”) + ferre (“to carry”). First attested in the 1500s, it became obsolete by the early 1600s. Returned into use as a back-formation from ablation.