corrosive

IPA: kɝˈoʊsɪv

That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
Any solid, liquid or gas capable of irreparably harming living tissues or damaging material on contact.

Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.
Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
destroying or undermining something gradually.

Examples of "corrosive" in Sentences

It is also corrosive to the skin.
The acid electrolyte is also corrosive.
All of the mentioned are strongly corrosive.
It consisted of gold and corrosive sublimate.
Prussia the corrosive influence (_la puissance corrosive_) of the empire.
He expects the same in the Gulf because of what he calls a corrosive social cycle.
Sir Kevin said that the reductions had "a long-term corrosive effect on force structures".
Remington's new 887 polymer-encased shotgun also makes a lot of sense in corrosive conditions.
But I * do* see a danger in corrosive criticism of the entire genre from people who really are opinion formers to the wider population.
It is the long-term corrosive effects of the continuing breakdown in the system and society that ultimately compels an adversary to surrender or to accept terms.
While the economic and political distortions are deplorable, is pales in importance to another distortion that has a long-term corrosive effect on the very fiber of our economic system.
Sama and Denosa warned that disregard for the pivotal role of the tertiary sector would have a medium to long-term corrosive effect at all levels on the quality of health care and training.