Corrosive Definition
kə-rōsĭv, -zĭv
adjective
Corroding or causing corrosion.
Webster's New World
Gradually destructive; steadily harmful.
Corrosive anxiety; corrosive increases in prices; a corrosive narcotics trade.
American Heritage
Bitingly sarcastic; cutting; acid.
Webster's New World
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.
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noun
Something causing corrosion.
Webster's New World
That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
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Other Word Forms of Corrosive
Noun
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corrosivesOrigin of Corrosive
From Old French corrosif
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