ablation

  1. Noun.  A carrying or taking away; removal.
  2. Noun.  (medicine) The surgical removal of a body part; amputation.
  3. Noun.  (sciences) The progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes such as vaporization under heat or chipping.

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