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Corrosive meaning
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. | Having the quality of fretting or vexing. | Destroying or undermining something gradually.
Synonyms of Corrosive
Example sentences (20)
A Mansfield man broke his enemy’s windows after a corrosive substance was poured on to his back and head, a court heard.
And there is surely nothing more corrosive for productivity than jaded, disengaged staff who have lost hope.
At high concentrations, it has the potential to shroud communities in a corrosive haze.
Erdogan projects himself as the embodiment of these corrosive values.
Mr Mason said his “(Bray’s) clothes were disintegrating” and a “corrosive substance” was leaking from his bag.
They stole a safe containing cash and jewellery and sprayed a corrosive liquid into the face of a man in his 70s who was at the address.
Water flowing through old tunnels or waste rock left behind can produce acid mine drainage that’s highly toxic and corrosive.
We must use this moment to recognize that systemic and institutional racism is a corrosive cancer that has to be removed to build a more healthy, fair, and just America.
Almost two weeks on from the assault, detectives now believe Ezedi entered the river just hours after dousing his former partner and her two little girls in a corrosive alkaline.
An earlier charge of threatening to use corrosive substance to attack someone had been dropped.
Assistant Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence, Justine Elliot said it was vital to counter-influence 'corrosive' online content.
Corruption’s corrosive effects extend far beyond financial losses, undermining public trust, draining resources, and stalling national development.
Dean, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent and throwing a corrosive fluid with intent to burn, maim or disfigure another person.
Each becomes more corrosive the further from neutral they are found to be.
Experts spoke to MailOnline today about the worrying number of chemical attacks reported in recent weeks — and called for 'further tightening' around the regulations for corrosive substances.
Friends of the woman who was severely injured after being doused with a corrosive substance had described her as “a devoted and loving mother”.
It was patently obvious at the time that the separatists had seized on it as a way of jump-starting the independence crusade – an indication of how corrosive nationalism can warp priorities.
London mayor Sadiq Khan said the incident was “truly shocking”, adding that corrosive substances are “offensive weapons”.
Nothing is more corrosive to a vibrant democracy and healthy communities, added Seidman, than “when leaders with formal authority behave without moral authority.
On Sunday, police said the suspect used a “very strong concentrated corrosive substance” in the attack.