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Word: corrosive (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • destroying or undermining something gradually
  • 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.
  • Having the quality of fretting or vexing.

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Noun:

  • Any solid, liquid or gas capable of irreparably harming living tissues or damaging material on contact.
  • That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.

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