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How to pronounce “ablate”
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Pronunciation guide for ablate
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of ablate with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- Yoav Medan: Ultrasound surgery -- healing without cuts 16 minutes
to ablate a point in his thalamus.
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization. [Late 15th century.][2]
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How to pronounce ablate
Yoav Medan: Ultrasound surgery -- healing without cuts 16 minutes

to ablate a point in his thalamus.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “ablate”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization. [Late 15th century.][2]
- (intransitive) To undergo ablation; to become melted or evaporated and removed at a high temperature. [Mid 20th century.][2]
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