ablate /ab-lātˈ/ transitive verb

To remove or decrease by ablation

ablatitious /-lə-tishˈəs/ adjective

ablatīˈval adjective

abˈlative /-lə-tiv/ adjective

1. Relating to ablation
2. In or belonging to a case which in Indo-European languages originally expressed direction from or time when, later extended to other functions (grammar)

1. The ablative case
2. A word in the ablative

ablāˈtor noun

A substance or material undergoing ablation, esp the heat shield of a spacecraft

ablative absolute noun

In Latin, a phrase generally comprising a noun or pronoun coupled with another noun, an adjective or a participle, both in the ablative case and usu indicating the time or cause of an event