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Corrosive

//kəˈɹəʊsɪv// adj, noun

Definitions

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
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.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Old French corrosif.

Etymology 2

From Old French corrosif.

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