ablate

ablate
    v 1: wear away through erosion or vaporization
    2: remove an organ or bodily structure
    

111 Moby Thesaurus words for "ablate":
      abate, abrade, abrase, absorb, assimilate, atomize, bark, bate,
      be eaten away, bleed white, break up, burn up, chafe, come apart,
      consume, consume away, corrode, crack up, crumble,
      crumble into dust, decay, decline, decompose, decrease, deliquesce,
      deplete, depreciate, die away, digest, diminish, disintegrate,
      disjoin, disorganize, dissipate, dissolve, dive, drain,
      drain of resources, dribble away, drop, drop off, dwindle, eat,
      eat up, ebb, erase, erode, exhaust, expend, fall, fall away,
      fall off, fall to pieces, file, finish, finish off, fission, fray,
      frazzle, fret, gall, gnaw, gnaw away, gobble, gobble up, grate,
      graze, grind, impoverish, ingest, languish, lessen, let up,
      melt away, molder, plummet, plunge, rasp, raze, rub away, rub off,
      rub out, run low, sag, scour, scrape, scrub, scuff, shrink, sink,
      skin, spend, split, squander, subside, suck dry, swallow,
      swallow up, tail off, tatter, use up, wane, waste, waste away,
      wear, wear away, wear down, wear off, wear out, wear ragged,
      weather