ablated

1 8.7

Made smaller when heat melts or wears it away

adjective
/əˈbleɪtɪd/

Specialized

: ablacionado

The heat shield became ablated as the spacecraft re-entered the Earth's atmosphere.

Examples

The glacier showed sections of ablated ice where it met the warm ocean currents.
Certain tumors are ablated using focused laser treatment in medical procedures.
The ice has ablated.
Look at the ablated surface!
Certain tumors can be ablated through the use of advanced laser technology in surgery.
The heat shield of the spacecraft was ablated due to the intense heat during re-entry.
In the Arctic region, many glaciers have ablated significantly because of rising temperatures.

Antonyms

increased

392 1.0

Larger or more than before

expanded

64 4.0

Larger in size or number

How Ablated

vaporized

Specialized

3 4.8

ablated

Specialized

1 8.7

eroded

5 3.9

worn

111 2.1

intact

272 3.7

Surface Forms

ablated positive

Morphology

ablated = ablate (transparent) = ablate + ed

A regular past-participle/adjectival formation from the verb 'ablate', so the relation between 'ablate' and 'ablated' is straightforward.

Etymology

Ablated comes from the Latin parts ab- meaning 'away' and latus meaning 'carried', the same root you see in translate ('to carry across'). So when something is ablated, it is 'carried away' or removed — for example melted, worn away by water, or turned into gas by heat.