cor·ro·sive 
(kə-rōsĭv, -zĭv)
(kə-rōsĭv, -zĭv)adj.
1. Having the capability or tendency to cause corrosion: a corrosive acid.
2. Gradually destructive; steadily harmful: corrosive anxiety; corrosive increases in prices; a corrosive narcotics trade.
3. Spitefully sarcastic: corrosive criticism; corrosive wit.
n.
A substance having the capability or tendency to cause corrosion.
cor·rosive·ly adv.
cor·rosive·ness n.
- Indo-European root: wekw-
- Indo-European root: wel-
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- Indo-European root: wen-
- Indo-European root: wen-
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- Indo-European root: wet-
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- Indo-European root: wi-
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- Indo-European root: wl̥p-ē-
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