ablate

Meanings

Verb

wear away through erosion or vaporization
remove an organ or bodily structure
To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.
To undergo ablation; to become melted or evaporated and removed at a high temperature.

Origin / 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.

Scrabble Score: 8

ablate is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
ablate is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ablate is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

ablate is a valid Words With Friends word