(in certain inflected languages such as Latin) denoting a case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument, manner, or place of the action described by the verb
2.
taking away or removing
ablative surgery
3.
able to disintegrate or be worn away at a very high temperature
a thick layer of ablative material
noun
4. grammar
a.
the ablative case
b.
a word or speech element in the ablative case
ablative in American English
(ˈæblətɪv; for 2, æbˈleɪtɪv)
adjective
1. Grammar
designating, of, or in a case expressing removal, deprivation, direction away from, source, cause, or agency
2. Astronomy
that ablates, as the protective coating material on the nose cone of a space missile
noun Grammar
3.
the ablative case: this case is expressed by inflection in languages such as Latin, Sanskrit, and Hungarian
4.
a word or phrase in this case
Word origin
ME < L ablativus < ablatus, pp. of auferre < ab-, away + ferre, to bear1
Examples of 'ablative' in a sentence
ablative
I'm edified to see the ablative affected you so strongly... The past participle for ferre now, please.
Haines, Pamela THE GOLDEN LION (1993)
Wrap a transmitter in a thick layer of suitably ablative material with a mechanical device to turn it on once through.
Niven, Larry & Pournelle, Jerry THE MOAT AROUND MURCHESON'S EYE (1993)