corrosive
English

Warning symbol for corrosive substances.
Etymology
From Old French corrosif
Adjective
corrosive (comparative more corrosive, superlative most corrosive)
- 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.
- Shakespeare
- Care is no cure, but corrosive.
- Shakespeare
- destroying or undermining something gradually
Related terms
Translations
destroying texture or substance of a body
Noun
corrosive (plural corrosives)
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