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English Dictionary: corrosive	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for corrosive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
corrosive adj of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action Synonym(s): caustic, corrosive, erosive, vitriolic, mordant spitefully sarcastic; "corrosive cristism" n a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Corrosive \Corro"sive\, n. 1. That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually. [Corrosives] act either directly, by chemically destroying the part, or indirectly by causing inflammation and gangrene. --Dunglison. 2. That which has the power of fretting or irritating. Such speeches . . . are grievous corrosives. --Hooker. -- {Corro"sively}, adv. -- {Corro"sive*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Corrosive \Corro"sive\ (k?r-r?"s?v), a. [Cf. F. corrosif.] 1. 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. [bd]Corrosive liquors.[b8] --Grew. [bd]Corrosive famine.[b8] --Thomson. 2. Having the quality of fretting or vexing. Care is no cure, but corrosive. --Shak. {Corrosive sublimate} (Chem.), mercuric chloride, {HgCl2}; so called because obtained by sublimation, and because of its harsh irritating action on the body tissue. Usually it is in the form of a heavy, transparent, crystalline substance, easily soluble, and of an acrid, burning taste. It is a virulent poison, a powerful antiseptic, and an excellent antisyphilitic; called also {mercuric bichloride}. It is to be carefully distinguished from calomel, the mild chloride of mercury.