corrosive (adj.)

"destroying by or as if by corrosion," late 14c., from Old French corrosif (13c.), from corroder "to wear away" (see corrode). Related: Corrosively; corrosiveness.

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corrode (v.)

late 14c., "to eat away, diminish or disintegrate (something) by gradually separating small bits of it," from Old French corroder (14c.) and directly from Latin corrodere "to gnaw to bits, wear away," from assimilated form of com-, here perhaps an intensive prefix (see com-), + rodere "to gnaw" (see rodent). Figurative use from 1630s. Related: Corroded; corroding.

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Definitions of corrosive

corrosive (adj.)

of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action;

Synonyms: caustic / erosive / mordant

corrosive (adj.)

spitefully sarcastic;

corrosive cristism

corrosive (n.)

a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali);

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