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ablative

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: ablative

1
nadj
the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb
relating to the ablative case
2
adj
tending to ablate; i.e. to be removed or vaporized at very high temperature
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: ablative
1

n the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb

Synonyms:
ablative case
Type of:
oblique, oblique case
any grammatical case other than the nominative

adj relating to the ablative case

2

adj tending to ablate; i.e. to be removed or vaporized at very high temperature

ablative material on a rocket cone”
Synonyms
subtractive
constituting or involving subtraction
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