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corrosive

[ kuh-roh-siv ]
/ kəˈroʊ sɪv /
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adjective
having the quality of corroding or eating away; erosive.
harmful or destructive; deleterious: the corrosive effect of poverty on their marriage.
sharply sarcastic; caustic: corrosive comments on the speaker's integrity.
noun
something corrosive, as an acid or drug.
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Origin of corrosive

1350–1400; late Middle English (<Middle French ) <Medieval Latin corrōsīvus, equivalent to Latin corrōs(us) (see corrosion) + -īvus-ive; replacing Middle English corosif<Middle French <Latin as above

OTHER WORDS FROM corrosive

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Words related to corrosive

acerbic, caustic, destructive, incisive, trenchant, corroding, cutting, wasting, acerb, acrid, biting, erosive, sarcastic, venomous, virulent

How to use corrosive in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for corrosive

corrosive
/ (kəˈrəʊsɪv) /
adjective
(esp of acids or alkalis) capable of destroying solid materials
tending to eat away or consume
cutting; sarcastica corrosive remark
noun
a corrosive substance, such as a strong acid or alkali

Derived forms of corrosive

corrosively, adverbcorrosiveness, noun
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