Corrosive
adjective
Something capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action.
The corrosive effect of salt water is well known in coastal areas.
Often appears as...
- corrosive effect
- corrosive action
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Technical
adjective
Bitterly sarcastic or highly critical.
She was known for her corrosive comments.
Often appears as...
- corrosive criticism
- corrosive comments
noun
A corrosive substance that causes corrosion.
The lab keeps all corrosives in a designated safety cabinet.
Often appears as...
- handle corrosives
- store corrosives
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Academic
adjective
Something capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action.
The corrosive effect of salt water is well known in coastal areas.
Often appears as...
- corrosive effect
- corrosive action
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Bitterly sarcastic or highly critical.
She was known for her corrosive comments.
Often appears as...
- corrosive criticism
- corrosive comments
noun
A corrosive substance that causes corrosion.
The lab keeps all corrosives in a designated safety cabinet.
Often appears as...
- handle corrosives
- store corrosives
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Chemical Harm
Use 'corrosive' for chemicals that can damage materials or surfaces.
The corrosive chemicals ruined the metal pipes.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Visible
Corrosion may not be immediately noticeable, but it causes gradual damage.
Check for any less obvious corrosive damage on the bridge.
Pro Tip 1/2Chemical Harm
Use 'corrosive' for chemicals that can damage materials or surfaces.
The corrosive chemicals ruined the metal pipes.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Visible
Corrosion may not be immediately noticeable, but it causes gradual damage.
Check for any less obvious corrosive damage on the bridge.
Pro Tip 1/2Chemical Harm
Use 'corrosive' for chemicals that can damage materials or surfaces.
The corrosive chemicals ruined the metal pipes.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Visible
Corrosion may not be immediately noticeable, but it causes gradual damage.
Check for any less obvious corrosive damage on the bridge.
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Gordon Makes Hominy PIPE...
such a buzz around this dish. There is lye in Hickory ash, which is extremely corrosive. I'm excited to be shown what this unique ingredients will do to humble corn kernels. And it also makes some more amino acids available to you, and you have less vitamin deficiencies.
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Why don’t poisonous...
and the substances combine in a violent chemical reaction that sends a corrosive spray shooting out of the glands, passing through a hardened chamber that protects the beetle’s internal tissues. Similarly, jellyfish package their venom safely
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This Hotel Is Made...
the hotel is the corrosion in the wires sometimes we have to change the wires because it's very corrosive the salt all the wires are made of copper and we have to put a plastic tube to protect all the wires in some cases we have to change
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How does climate change...
shells and other shelled organisms as well use this and as you see it running through the worst-case-scenario high co2 scenario you will see that the Arctic Ocean is already going it's going corrosive to aragonite and that's within
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Laws that choke...
we live life constantly against the law. Ordinary people live life against the law, and that's what I -- we are doing to our kids. They live life knowing they live it against the law. That realization is extraordinarily corrosive,
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The dirty secret of...
which is at the cold, cruel heart of neoliberal economics, and it is as morally corrosive as it is scientifically wrong because, if we accept at face value that humans are fundamentally selfish, and then we look around the world
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The tyranny of merit PIPE...
Meritocracy is corrosive of the common good. It leads to hubris among the winners and humiliation among those who lose out. It encourages the successful to inhale too deeply of their success,
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Michael Sandel: Why we...
change the character of goods, we have to debate among ourselves these bigger questions about how to value goods. One of the most corrosive effects
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How economic inequality...
you all know the truth of what I'm gonna I think the intuition that inequality is divisive and socially corrosive has been
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How economic inequality...
You all know the truth of what I'm going to say. I think the intuition that inequality is divisive and socially corrosive
Video examples
Gordon Makes Hominy PIPE...
such a buzz around this dish. There is lye in Hickory ash, which is extremely corrosive. I'm excited to be shown what this unique ingredients will do to humble corn kernels. And it also makes some more amino acids available to you, and you have less vitamin deficiencies.
Video examples
Why don’t poisonous...
and the substances combine in a violent chemical reaction that sends a corrosive spray shooting out of the glands, passing through a hardened chamber that protects the beetle’s internal tissues. Similarly, jellyfish package their venom safely
Video examples
This Hotel Is Made...
the hotel is the corrosion in the wires sometimes we have to change the wires because it's very corrosive the salt all the wires are made of copper and we have to put a plastic tube to protect all the wires in some cases we have to change
Video examples
How does climate change...
shells and other shelled organisms as well use this and as you see it running through the worst-case-scenario high co2 scenario you will see that the Arctic Ocean is already going it's going corrosive to aragonite and that's within
Video examples
Laws that choke...
we live life constantly against the law. Ordinary people live life against the law, and that's what I -- we are doing to our kids. They live life knowing they live it against the law. That realization is extraordinarily corrosive,
Video examples
The dirty secret of...
which is at the cold, cruel heart of neoliberal economics, and it is as morally corrosive as it is scientifically wrong because, if we accept at face value that humans are fundamentally selfish, and then we look around the world
Video examples
The tyranny of merit PIPE...
Meritocracy is corrosive of the common good. It leads to hubris among the winners and humiliation among those who lose out. It encourages the successful to inhale too deeply of their success,
Video examples
Michael Sandel: Why we...
change the character of goods, we have to debate among ourselves these bigger questions about how to value goods. One of the most corrosive effects
Video examples
How economic inequality...
you all know the truth of what I'm gonna I think the intuition that inequality is divisive and socially corrosive has been
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How economic inequality...
You all know the truth of what I'm going to say. I think the intuition that inequality is divisive and socially corrosive
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J. D. Vance
American Author
We're very good at talking about the individual in American politics and excellent at talking about the government. But we have little ability to even acknowledge everything that exists in the middle, and given how influential politics is on every other part of our life, I think that failure of discourse is pretty corrosive to our overall culture.
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Steven Crowder
Canadian Actor
Unless those of us who love our wives (and thus, our lives) make a conscious change to the way we speak of them, unless we begin choosing to elevate and praise our spouses instead of denigrate, we will be letting an incredibly corrosive, self-perpetuating societal meme destroy the very institution that defines our lives.
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Steve Jobs
American Businessman
I think it's brought the world a lot closer together, and will continue to do that. There are downsides to everything; there are unintended consequences to everything. The most corrosive piece of technology that I've ever seen is called television - but then, again, television, at its best, is magnificent.
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Hugh Laurie
British Actor
I personally believe that the iPod is a frankly corrosive device because it encourages you to surround yourself with your favorites. The whole idea of a playlist is to surround yourself with your favorite things, and the interesting thing is that when you do that, they cease to be your favorites.
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Caitlin Flanagan
American Writer
In many respects a teenage girl's home is more important to her than at any time since she was a small child. She also needs emotional support and protection from the most corrosive cultural forces that seek to exploit her when she is least able to resist.
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Liu Xiaobo
Chinese Critic
Hatred is corrosive of a person's wisdom and conscience; the mentality of enmity can poison a nation's spirit, instigate brutal life and death struggles, destroy a society's tolerance and humanity, and block a nation's progress to freedom and democracy.
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E. O. Wilson
American Scientist
A very Faustian choice is upon us: whether to accept our corrosive and risky behavior as the unavoidable price of population and economic growth, or to take stock of ourselves and search for a new environmental ethic.
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James P. Hoffa
American Businessman
Corporate tax dodging impacts us across generations and over time. It is corrosive. It is unethical. It is unsustainable.
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Roberto Cavalli
Italian Designer
Money is the most corrosive aspect of life today because it means that all attention to detail is forgotten.
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Gary Hamel
American Businessman
Power has long been regarded as morally corrosive, and we often suspect the intentions of those who seek it.
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J. D. Vance
American Author
We're very good at talking about the individual in American politics and excellent at talking about the government. But we have little ability to even acknowledge everything that exists in the middle, and given how influential politics is on every other part of our life, I think that failure of discourse is pretty corrosive to our overall culture.
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Steven Crowder
Canadian Actor
Unless those of us who love our wives (and thus, our lives) make a conscious change to the way we speak of them, unless we begin choosing to elevate and praise our spouses instead of denigrate, we will be letting an incredibly corrosive, self-perpetuating societal meme destroy the very institution that defines our lives.
Quote examples
Steve Jobs
American Businessman
I think it's brought the world a lot closer together, and will continue to do that. There are downsides to everything; there are unintended consequences to everything. The most corrosive piece of technology that I've ever seen is called television - but then, again, television, at its best, is magnificent.
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Hugh Laurie
British Actor
I personally believe that the iPod is a frankly corrosive device because it encourages you to surround yourself with your favorites. The whole idea of a playlist is to surround yourself with your favorite things, and the interesting thing is that when you do that, they cease to be your favorites.
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Caitlin Flanagan
American Writer
In many respects a teenage girl's home is more important to her than at any time since she was a small child. She also needs emotional support and protection from the most corrosive cultural forces that seek to exploit her when she is least able to resist.
Quote examples
Liu Xiaobo
Chinese Critic
Hatred is corrosive of a person's wisdom and conscience; the mentality of enmity can poison a nation's spirit, instigate brutal life and death struggles, destroy a society's tolerance and humanity, and block a nation's progress to freedom and democracy.
Quote examples
E. O. Wilson
American Scientist
A very Faustian choice is upon us: whether to accept our corrosive and risky behavior as the unavoidable price of population and economic growth, or to take stock of ourselves and search for a new environmental ethic.
Quote examples
James P. Hoffa
American Businessman
Corporate tax dodging impacts us across generations and over time. It is corrosive. It is unethical. It is unsustainable.
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Roberto Cavalli
Italian Designer
Money is the most corrosive aspect of life today because it means that all attention to detail is forgotten.
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Gary Hamel
American Businessman
Power has long been regarded as morally corrosive, and we often suspect the intentions of those who seek it.
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