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cor·ro·sive

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v) KEY

ADJECTIVE:

Having the capability or tendency to cause corrosion: a corrosive acid.
Gradually destructive; steadily harmful: corrosive anxiety; corrosive increases in prices; a corrosive narcotics trade.
Spitefully sarcastic: corrosive criticism; corrosive wit.

NOUN:

A substance having the capability or tendency to cause corrosion.

OTHER FORMS:
cor·rosive·ly(Adverb), cor·rosive·ness(Noun)

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