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Meaning of 'corrosive' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Corrosive [ a.]
- 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.
- Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
2 . Corrosive [ n.]
- That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
- That which has the power of fretting or irritating.

Meaning of 'corrosive' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . corrosive [ s]
Meaning (1):
- spitefully sarcastic
Example in sentence:
  • corrosive cristism

Nearby Words:

cor cor- cor/niculate cora coracle coracoid corage coral coral fish coral-rag

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