ablative
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lə adjective
1.
(in some inflected languages) noting a case that has among its functions the indication of place from which or, as in Latin, place in which, manner, means, instrument, or agent.
noun
2.
the ablative case.
3.
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Ablative
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ablative (ˈæblətɪv) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (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 |
| —n | |
| 2. | a. the ablative case |
| b. a word or speech element in the ablative case | |
| 3. | taking away or removing: ablative surgery |
| 4. | able to disintegrate or be worn away at a very high temperature: a thick layer of ablative material |
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ablative
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Example sentences
Non-ablative laser resurfacing does not have the same severe after-effects as other laser treatments.
The locative is identical to the ablative in the fourth and fifth declension.
The locative, ablative, and dative are identical in the plural.
The golf ball is covered with a ablative material which is heated by the solar wind it is plowing through.
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