ablate

Meaning

1. (transitive) To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.
2. (intransitive) 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

Translations

almak

entfernen

asportare

sacar

αποκολλώ

çıkarmak

enlever

rimuovere

tirar

quitar

entheben

μετακομίζω

μετακινώ

arracher

abheben

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈbleɪt/

Etymology

From Middle English ablat (“taken away”), from Latin ablātus, past participle of auferō (“to remove”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). First attested in the 1500s, it became obsolete by the early 1600s. Returned into use as a back-formation from ablation.