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Corrosive
A corrosive substance is one that will destroy and damage other substances with which it comes into contact. It may attack a great variety of materials, including metals and various organic compounds, but people are mostly concerned with its effects on living tissue: it causes chemical burns on contact and can lead to complications when ingested.
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Corrosive (adjective)
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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Corrosive (adjective)
Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
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Corrosive (adjective)
destroying or undermining something gradually
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Corrosive (noun)
That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
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Corrosive (noun)
Any solid, liquid or gas capable of irreparably harming living tissues or damaging material on contact.
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Caustic (adjective)
Capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue.
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Caustic (adjective)
Sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way.
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Caustic (noun)
Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic.
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Caustic (noun)
The envelope of reflected or refracted rays of light for a given surface or object.
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Caustic (noun)
The envelope of reflected or refracted rays for a given curve.
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Caustic (noun)
Caustic soda.