corrosive

Meanings

Plural: corrosives

Noun

• a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali)
• That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
• Any solid, liquid or gas capable of irreparably harming living tissues or damaging material on contact.

Adjective Satellite

• of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
• spitefully sarcastic
  • "corrosive cristism"

Adj

• 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.
• destroying or undermining something gradually.

Synonyms

caustic, erosive, mordant, vitriolic

Related Words

corrode, corrosively, corrosiveness, corrosivity

Anagrams of corrosive