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1. (adj.) caustic
capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.
2. caustic
severely critical or sarcastic:
a caustic remark.
3. (n.) caustic
a caustic substance, as potassium hydroxide.
Etymology: (1875–80)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) caustic
any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue
2. (adj) acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic
harsh or corrosive in tone
"an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique"
3. (adj) caustic, corrosive, erosive, vitriolic, mordant
of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) caustic
alt. of Caustical
2. (adj) caustic
any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic
3. (adj) caustic
a caustic curve or caustic surface
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Sense: burning by chemical action
caustic soda.
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 Afrikaans: bytend |
 Arabic: حارِقٌ، لاسِعٌ |
 Bulgarian: разяждащ |
 Brazilian: cáustico |
 Czech: žíravý |
 German: kaustisch |
 Danish: ætsende; tærende |
 Greek: καυστικός |
 Spanish: cáustico |
 Estonian: söövitav |
 Farsi: سوزآور؛ خورنده |
 Finnish: syövyttävä |
 French: caustique |
 Hebrew: מְאַכֵּל |
 Hindi: क्षारक, दाहक |
 Croatian: jetkalo |
 Hungarian: maró |
 Indonesian: kustik |
 Icelandic: ætiefni |
 Italian: caustico |
 Japanese: 腐食性の |
 Korean: 부식성이 있는 |
 Lithuanian: kaustinis |
 Latvian: kodīgs |
 Malay: soda kaustik |
 Dutch: caustisch |
 Norwegian: etsende, kaustisk |
 Polish: kaustyczny |
 Persian: سوزآور؛ خورنده |
 Pashto: سوځوونكى: تر يخ: شديد: غو |
 Portuguese: cáustico |
 Romanian: caustic |
 Russian: каустический |
 Slovak: žieravý, leptavý |
 Slovenian: jedek |
 Serbian: kaustički |
 Swedish: brännande, frätande, kaus |
 Thai: ซึ่งสามารถทำลายหรือกัดกร่ |
 Turkish: yakıcı, kostik |
 Taiwanese: 腐蝕性的 |
 Ukrainian: каустичний; їдкий |
 Urdu: کیمیائی عمل سے جلانا |
 Vietnamese: ăn da |
 Chinese: 腐蚀性的 |
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