n. and adj. 1 tending to ablate 2 the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb
The ablative material on a rocket cone will vaporize.
The ablative material on a rocket cone will vaporize.
Hear it
wear away; evaporate; melt; vaporize
to cool off
3 syllables
ab-la-tive
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