adj, noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
2. 2
   a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali) wordnet
3. 3
   Any solid, liquid or gas capable of irreparably harming living tissues or damaging material on contact.

Adjective

1. 1
   Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.
2. 2
   Having the quality of fretting or vexing.

   "Care is no cure, but corrosive."

3. 3
   Destroying or undermining something gradually.

Adjective

1. 1
   of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action wordnet
2. 2
   spitefully sarcastic wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

ablativeacerbacerbateacerbicacidacidic

Example

More examples

"The cheapest of nepenthes are often the most corrosive."

Etymology

From Old French corrosif.

Related phrases

corrosive sublimate

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