Definition of "ablating" []

• Present participle of ablate. (verb)

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• "The FDA approved the ablation devices for the general purpose of "ablating," or cauterizing tissue during surgery, because the products were similar to others on the market."
• "But two successful trials of different techniques of simply eliminating ( "ablating") the small portion of heart muscle responsible for the rhythm abnormality were described at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology in Atlanta."
• "The full reaming and ablating of the entire foreskin, known as periah, was only innovated by rabbinic decree during Hellenic times in response to the practice of some Jewish men who were trying to avoid ridicule of their fellow Greek athletes by attempting to tie and stretch their foreskins so as not to look circumcised."