'ablation' definitions:
Definition of 'ablation'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
The erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers
Synonyms of 'ablation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abrasion,
- abrasive,
- absorption,
- abstraction,
- assimilation,
- atomization,
- attrition,
- breakup,
- buffing,
- burning up,
- burnishing,
- chafe,
- chafing,
- consumption,
- corrosion,
- crumbling,
- decay,
- decomposition,
- decrease,
- decrement,
- deduction,
- degradation,
- deliquescence,
- depletion,
- depreciation,
- detrition,
- digestion,
- dilapidation,
- disintegration,
- disjunction,
- disorganization,
- dissipation,
- dissolution,
- drain,
- dressing,
- eating up,
- erasure,
- erosion,
- evaporation,
- exhaustion,
- expending,
- expenditure,
- filing,
- finishing,
- fretting,
- galling,
- grazing,
- grinding,
- impoverishment,
- incoherence,
- ingestion,
- leakage,
- limation,
- loss,
- polishing,
- purification,
- rasping,
- ravages of time,
- refinement,
- removal,
- resolution,
- rubbing away,
- sandblasting,
- sanding,
- scouring,
- scrape,
- scraping,
- scratch,
- scratching,
- scrub,
- scrubbing,
- scuff,
- shining,
- shrinkage,
- smoothing,
- spending,
- squandering,
- subduction,
- sublation,
- subtraction,
- taking away,
- use,
- using,
- using up,
- wastage,
- waste,
- wastefulness,
- wasting away,
- wear,
- wear and tear,
- wearing,
- wearing away,
- wearing down,
- weathering