ablate

Example Sentences

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Some space agencies and private companies have begun designing their craft to ablate — break apart and burn up — in the atmosphere at the end of their life, an approach called “design for demise.”

From Salon

But when the researchers genetically ablated these Mrgprb4 sensory neurons, sexual experiences no longer released dopamine and the female mice began rejecting the male mice’s advances after their first experience.

From Washington Post

That causes some of the ice to ablate into gas.

From Washington Post

I was told that I would eventually have in-utero surgery to ablate the veins connecting the twins, which would stop the perfusion.

From Washington Post

Robinson fades, agency ablated; whiteness occupies the forefront.

From New York Times