ablative
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Noun
ablative noun
- (grammar) The ablative case.
- An ablative material.
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Adjective
ablative adjective
- (grammar) Applied to one of the cases of the noun in some languages, the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away, and to a lesser degree, instrument, place, accordance, specifications, price, or measurement.
- Pertaining to taking away or removing.
- Sacrificial, wearing away or being destroyed in order to protect the underlying, as in ablative paints used for antifouling. .
- Relating to the removal of a body part, tumor, or organ.
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ablative casesubtractivephotodecompositioncessativeaccusabsolvitoryabjuratoryabsolvatoryabsolutoryact.resultativedenotiveabsolventdefinitoryrev.curative
Associated
locativeprivativevocativedativeaccusativegenitiveadverbialnominativedeclensionprepositionablationadverb
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