Look up: corrosive

1. Corrosive
   A chemical agent that reacts with the surface of a material causing it to deteriorate or wear away.
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2. corrosive
   [n] - a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali)
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3. Corrosive
   [pronounce: cor-row-sive ] Substances that attack metals, stonework and skin are called corrosive
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4. Corrosive
   The ability to cause severe damage to living tissue by chemical action.
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5. Corrosive
   Having the power to dissolve. Can burn and destroy living tissue.
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6. corrosive
   Causing a surface-destructive effect on contact; in toxicology, this normally means causing visible destruction of the skin, eyes, or the lining of the respiratory tract or the gastrointestinal tract.
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7. Corrosive
   A substance that, according to the DOT, causes visible destruction or permanent changes in human skin tissue at the site of contact or is highly corrosive to steel.
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8. corrosive
   A substance that causes corrosion; chemically reactive with ability to wear away gradually.
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9. corrosive
   Group of chemical agents and environmental alterants that can deteriorate,by corrosion,metals and other materials Category: Management in the public and private sector • corrosive Category: The European Communities
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10. Corrosive
    Cor·ro'sive adjective [ Confer French corrosif .] 1. Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, changing, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as, the corrosive action of an acid. ' Corrosive liquors.' <...
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11. Corrosive
    Cor·ro'sive noun 1. That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually. « [ Corrosives ] act either directly, by chemically destroying the part, or indirectly by causing inflammation and gangrene. Dunglison. �...
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12. corrosive
    <chemistry> Refers to any substance that oxidizes metal or flesh, in a chemical labeling context, it specificially refers to a highly reactive substance that causes obvious damage to living tissue. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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13. corrosive
    noun a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali)
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14. corrosive
    (kә-ro´siv) causing, or able to cause, corrosion. an agent or substance that does this; called also caustic. See also escharotic.
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15. Corrosive
    • (n.) That which has the power of fretting or irritating. • (a.) Having the quality of fretting or vexing. • (a.) Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, changing, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as, the corrosive action of an acid. • (n.) That whic...
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16. corrosive
    Type: Term Pronunciation: kŏ-rō′siv Definitions: 1. Causing corrosion. 2. An agent that produces corrosion, a strong acid or alkali.
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17. Corrosive
    Having the power to dissolve. Can burn and destroy living tissue.
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