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1. (adj.) corrosive
having the quality of corroding or eating away; erosive.
2. corrosive
harmful or destructive; deleterious:
the corrosive effects of poverty.
3. corrosive
sharply sarcastic; caustic:
corrosive comments.
4. (n.) corrosive
something corrosive, as an acid or drug.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME (< MF) < ML)
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| Definition of 'corrosive' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) corrosive
a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali)
2. (adj) caustic, corrosive, erosive, vitriolic, mordant
of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
3. (adj) corrosive
spitefully sarcastic
"corrosive cristism"
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| Definition of 'corrosive' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) corrosive
eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, changing, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as, the corrosive action of an acid
2. (adj) corrosive
having the quality of fretting or vexing
3. (noun) corrosive
that which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually
4. (noun) corrosive
that which has the power of fretting or irritating
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Sense: tending to corrode.
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 Afrikaans: verroesbaar, korrodeerbaa |
 Arabic: أكّال، حاتُّ |
 Bulgarian: корозивен |
 Brazilian: corrosivo |
 Czech: žíravý, leptavý, korozní |
 German: zerfressend |
 Danish: tærende; ætsende; nedbryd |
 Greek: διαβρωτικός |
 Spanish: corrosivo |
 Estonian: söövitav |
 Farsi: خورنده؛ فرسایشگر |
 Finnish: kuluttava |
 French: corrosif |
 Hebrew: גוֹרֵם לְקוֹרוֹזיָה |
 Hindi: क्षयकर |
 Croatian: korozivan |
 Hungarian: maró |
 Indonesian: berkarat |
 Icelandic: tærinn, eyðandi |
 Italian: corrosivo |
 Japanese: 腐食性の |
 Korean: 부식성의 |
 Lithuanian: sukeliantis koroziją, ėsd |
 Latvian: korodējošs |
 Malay: mengakis |
 Dutch: corrosief |
 Norwegian: etsende, tærende |
 Polish: korodujący |
 Persian: خورنده؛ فرسایشگر |
 Pashto: تخریبول |
 Portuguese: corrosivo |
 Romanian: corosiv |
 Russian: коррозийный |
 Slovak: korózny |
 Slovenian: jedek |
 Serbian: korozivan |
 Swedish: korrosions-, frätande |
 Thai: ซึ่งกัดกร่อน |
 Turkish: aşındıran, paslandıran |
 Taiwanese: 腐蝕的 |
 Ukrainian: їдкий, корозійний |
 Urdu: گلا دینے والا، كها جانيو |
 Vietnamese: (chất) ăn mòn |
 Chinese: 腐蚀的 |
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