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ablated

vb. (en-past of: ablate)

WordNet
ablated
  1. adj. made smaller or less by melting or erosion or vaporization; "the rocket's ablated head shield"

  2. removed or taken away by cutting or erosion or melting or evaporation; "my ablated appendix"

Usage examples of "ablated".

And it was wrapped in protective material which ablated away as it came through the fires of the upper atmosphere.

The shuttle was descending rapidly through the air, falling through the sky, shifting from side to side, the delta wings groaning as they tried to cope with stresses they were not designed to withstand, the heat building to near intolerable levels as the tiles ablated too and the air conditioning began to fail.