corrosive
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6.6
- adjective
- /kəˈroʊsɪv/
- Specialized
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corrosivo
- The pump can handle corrosive liquids up to 230 degrees Fahrenheit and pressures up to 115 psi.
- highly corrosive
- corrosive chemicals
- corrosive acid
Were it not for our atmosphere and our weather and other erosive corrosive forces, we would look just like the moon.
- Were it not for our atmosphere and our weather and other erosive corrosive forces, we would look just like the moon.
Examples
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The Series 800 Industrial Vertical Immersion Sump Pump can handle water, corrosive chemicals, and hazardous liquids.
Academic text (1997) -
Corzan CPVC pipe is designed to meet the corrosive demands of industrial use.
Academic text (2001) -
The bad news is that the gas is corrosive and it's eating our suits.
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Salt water is extremely corrosive.
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But it also has a corrosive effect on any attachment to the human world that we know.
Academic text (2003) -
You know, a high PH level can cause corrosive damage on steel piping...
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Produced at high temperatures and pressures, it is both highly corrosive and erosive.
Academic text (2005) -
Oxygen is a corrosive gas, in the same family as fluorine and chlorine.
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Following ingestion of a corrosive substance, laryngitis, hoarseness, or stridor indicate laryngeal injury and impending airway compromise.
Academic text (2007) -
The strong acid is corrosive and should be handled with extreme caution to avoid damage to surfaces.
Synonyms
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7.6
Able to burn or damage skin
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6.4
A thing that slowly wears something away by wind, water, or chemicals
Able to eat away materials by chemical action like a strong acid
A very strong acid that can burn skin and metal
Compounds
How Corrosive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word corrosive comes from the Latin verb corrodere, built from com- 'together' and rodere 'to gnaw'. So a corrosive substance 'eats away' or 'gnaws' at materials, which is why acids can damage metal and skin.