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Taking away or removing.

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  1. a. Taking away or removing.
  2. a. Applied to one of the cases of the noun in Latin and some other languages, -- the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away.
  3. The ablative case.
  4. adj. relating to the ablative case
  5. adj. tending to ablate; i.e. to be removed or vaporized at very high temperature
  6. n. the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb
  7. Applied to one of the cases of the noun in Latin and some otherlanguages, -- the fundamental meaning of the case being removal,separation, or taking away.
  8. j:100 n. the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb a. relating to the ablative case s. tending to ablate; i.e. to be removed or vaporized at very high temperature