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a (medical) Relating to the removal of a body part, tumor, or organ. (defdate|First attested in the mid 20^th century.)

a (geology) Relating to the erosion of a land mass; relating to the melting or evaporation of a glacier. (defdate|First attested in the mid 20^th century.)

n (grammar) The ablative case. (defdate|First attested around 1350 to 1470.)

n An ablative material. (defdate|Mid 20^th century.)

a (context|engineering|nautical) Sacrificial, wearing away or being destroyed in order to protect the underlying, as in ablative paints used for antifouling. (defdate|First attested in 1959.)(reference-book | last = Dobbie | first = Elliott K. | coauthors = Dunmore, C. William, et al. | editor = Barnhart, Robert K.| title = Chambers Dictionary of Etymology | origyear = 1998 | year = 2004 | publisher = Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd | location = Edinburgh, Scotland | isbn =0550142304 | pages = 3).

a (grammar) Applied to one of the cases of the noun in some languages, the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away, and to a lesser degree, instrument, place, accordance, specifications, price, or measurment. (defdate|First attested from around (1350 to 1470).)(reference-book | last =| first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | editor =Brown, Lesley | others = | title = The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary | origdate = | origyear = 1933| origmonth = | url = | format = | accessdate = | accessyear = | accessmonth = | edition = 5th | date = | year =2003| month = | publisher =Oxford University Press | location =Oxford, UK | language = | id = | doi = | isbn =978-0-19-860575-7 | lccn = | ol = | pages =5| chapter = | chapterurl = | quote =)

a (obsolete) Pertaining to taking away or removing. (defdate|Attested from the mid 16^th century until the early 18^th century.)