Of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action.
1 Local corrosive injury is the major focus of treatment in severe cases.
2 His screenplays frequently delved into the corrosive influences of wealth and power.
3 One method is dipping the potatoes in a solution of corrosive sublimate.
4 The company is testing specialized materials that can resist those corrosive effects.
5 But the doctors again declared the presence of corrosive sublimate and opium.
6 The dire mockery of it burned his mind like a corrosive acid.
7 The 'maths geek' stereotype is more corrosive than it may first appear.
8 There was no corrosive bitterness of the vengeful in Jolly Roger's heart.
9 I found, however, some corrosive sublimate tabloids in my leather medicine case.
10 She stopped suddenly as doubt struck her with vicious and corrosive force.
11 Spectacle frames of non- corrosive white metal, not steel, are the proper sort.
12 On the other hand, this stuff appears to be a universal corrosive .
13 Ethanol cannot be transported through gasoline pipelines because of its corrosive properties.
14 But his humour is bitter as gall, and corrosive as sulphuric acid.
15 It was not slow and corrosive like Jack's, but fast and volatile.
16 Beneath the anger, though, was the corrosive edge of old, bitter despair.
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