Adjective ablative has 2 senses
  1. ablative - relating to the ablative case
  2. ablative - tending to ablate; i.e. to be removed or vaporized at very high temperature; "ablative material on a rocket cone"
    Antonym:
    additive (indirect, via subtractive)
,Noun ablative has 1 sense
  1. ablative, ablative case - the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb
    --1 is a kind of oblique, oblique case
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