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caustic soda

caustic soda

noun

  1. another name for sodium hydroxide

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of caustic soda1

First recorded in 1875–80
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Example Sentences

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"We have the means to limit the spread by... burying them with caustic soda."

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A West End nightclub has been fined for accidentally serving caustic soda with tequila shots rather than salt, Westminster City Council has said.

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Liquid nerve agents drained from those warheads are mixed with water and caustic soda and then heated and stirred.

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"She mixes it in so that the strong smell of caustic soda does not remain," Jussara says.

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It is used by the chlor-alkali industry, which produces bleach, caustic soda and other products.

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