ablated

ab·late

 (ă-blāt′)

v. ab·lat·ed, ab·lat·ing, ab·lates

v.tr.

1. Medicine To remove or destroy the function of (a body organ or tissue).

2. To remove by erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.

v.intr.

To become ablated; undergo ablation.

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[Back-formation from ablation.]

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Adj.

1.

ablated - made smaller or less by melting or erosion or vaporization; "the rocket's ablated head shield" decreased, reduced - made less in size or amount or degree

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