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Definition of corrosive adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

corrosive

adjective
 
/kəˈrəʊsɪv/
 
/kəˈrəʊsɪv/
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  1. tending to destroy something slowly by chemical action
    • the corrosive effects of salt water
    • corrosive acid
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  2. (formal) tending to damage something gradually
    • Unemployment is having a corrosive effect on our economy.
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  3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French corosif, -ive, from medieval Latin corrosivus, from Latin corros- ‘gnawed through’, from the verb corrodere, from cor- (expressing intensive force) + rodere ‘gnaw’.
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