1. Adjective
Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, changing, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as, the corrosive action of an acid.
2. Adjective
Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
3. Noun
That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
4. Noun
That which has the power of fretting or irritating.
5. Noun
a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali)
Vocabulary classified under Chemistry
6. Adjective
spitefully sarcastic; "corrosive criticism"
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone
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