"corrosive" meaning in English

See corrosive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kəˈɹəʊsɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-corrosive.wav Forms: more corrosive [comparative], most corrosive [superlative]
Etymology: From Old French corrosif. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|corrosif}} Old French corrosif Head templates: {{en-adj}} corrosive (comparative more corrosive, superlative most corrosive)
  1. 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. Translations (destroying texture or substance of a body): разяждащ (razjaždašt) (Bulgarian), корозионен (korozionen) (Bulgarian), corrosiu (Catalan), žíravý [masculine] (Czech), corrosief (Dutch), syövyttävä (Finnish), corrosif (French), διαβρωτικός (diavrotikós) [masculine] (Greek), maró (Hungarian), etsende (Norwegian Bokmål), żrący (Polish), kaustyczny (Polish), loisgeach (Scottish Gaelic), corrosivo (Spanish), frätande (Swedish), aşındırıcı (Turkish), ăn mòn (Vietnamese), ysol (Welsh)
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  2. Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
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  3. destroying or undermining something gradually.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: biocorrosive, corrosive sublimate, noncorrosive, photocorrosive, uncorrosive Related terms: corrode, corrosively, corrosiveness, corrosivity

Noun

IPA: /kəˈɹəʊsɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-corrosive.wav Forms: corrosives [plural]
Etymology: From Old French corrosif. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|corrosif}} Old French corrosif Head templates: {{en-noun}} corrosive (plural corrosives)
  1. That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
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  2. Any solid, liquid or gas capable of irreparably harming living tissues or damaging material on contact. Translations (substance harming living tissue or damaging material): žíravina [feminine] (Czech), substancja żrąca [feminine] (Polish), aşındırıcı (Turkish)
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        "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."
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        "Having the quality of fretting or vexing."
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        "destroying or undermining something gradually."
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      "roman": "razjaždašt",
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      "sense": "destroying texture or substance of a body",
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      "sense": "destroying texture or substance of a body",
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      "sense": "destroying texture or substance of a body",
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      "sense": "destroying texture or substance of a body",
      "word": "corrosivo"
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      "sense": "destroying texture or substance of a body",
      "word": "frätande"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "destroying texture or substance of a body",
      "word": "aşındırıcı"
    },
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "destroying texture or substance of a body",
      "word": "ăn mòn"
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}

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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "substance harming living tissue or damaging material",
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      "word": "žíravina"
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