corrosive
adjective/kəˈrəʊsɪv/
/kəˈrəʊsɪv/
- tending to destroy something slowly by chemical action
- the corrosive effects of salt water
- corrosive acid
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- highly
- very
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- (formal) tending to damage something gradually
- Unemployment is having a corrosive effect on our economy.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- highly
- very
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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