Corrosive1. (a.) Eating away; erosive; having the power of gradually wearing, changing, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as, the corrosive action of an acid.
2. (a.) Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
3. (n.) That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
4. (n.) That which has the power of fretting or irritating.
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