1. Wearing away by friction
   "the erosive effects of waves on the shoreline" 
2. Of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
   - caustic, corrosive, vitriolic, mordant

See also: destructive, erode

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• contexture
• contiguity
• contiguous
• contiguously
• contiguousness
• continence
• continency
• continent
• continent-wide
• continental
• Continental Army
• continental breakfast
• Continental Congress
• continental divide
• continental drift
• continental glacier
• continental plan
• continental quilt
• continental shelf
• continental slope
• contingence
• contingency
• contingency fee
• contingency procedure