ablate vs parch

ablate

verb
  • To undergo ablation; to become melted or evaporated and removed at a high temperature. 

  • To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization. 

parch

verb
  • To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat. 

  • To burn the surface of, to scorch. 

  • We're parched, hon. Could you send up an ale from the cooler? 

  • The patient's mouth is parched from fever. 

  • To roast, as dry grain. 

  • To make very thirsty. 

  • To become superficially burnt; be become sunburned. 

noun
  • The condition of being parched. 

How often have the words ablate and parch occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )