MEANING
1. Able to chemically attack or wear away a material.
2. Gradually damaging confidence, relationships, institutions, or other nonphysical things.
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Words that belong together
- corrosive substance
- corrosive liquid
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The report identified a corrosive substance.
The liquid was corrosive to the metal.
The label warned about corrosive contents.
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- corrosive
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: More corrosive; most corrosive where gradable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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