01 n. A carrying or taking away; removal.
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A carrying or taking away; removal.
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2.
Extirpation.(Med.)
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Removing or destroying of a body tissue, especially by a surgical procedure.(Med.)
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4.
Wearing away; superficial waste, as of glacial ice or snow.(Geol.)
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Wearing away of the outer layers of a protective shield or surface by the heat and aerodynamic forces caused by flying through the atmosphere at hypersonic speed, as during reentry from space; as, ablation of the heat shield during reentry.(Aerospace)