Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The property of corroding, eating away, or disintegrating; figuratively, an analogous property in some immaterial agent.
- noun Some property characteristic of a corrosive substance, as its taste.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality or property of
corroding or beingcorrosive , of eating away ordisintegrating ;acrimony . - noun figuratively Such property in some
immaterial agent . - noun Some property characteristic of a corrosive
substance , as its taste.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The remediation guidance could be updated this summer, when investigators receive more data about toxic drywall's long-term corrosiveness, according to Davis, the CPSC spokesperson.
ScrippsNews SHNS 2010
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When the couple sees actual data about their arguments, they sometimes can let go of some thought patterns and bickering that are causing corrosiveness in the marriage.
Laurie Israel: "Divorce Tourism" - American Style Laurie Israel 2011
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When the couple sees actual data about their arguments, they sometimes can let go of some thought patterns and bickering that are causing corrosiveness in the marriage.
Laurie Israel: "Divorce Tourism" - American Style Laurie Israel 2011
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She said there is virtually no difference in corrosiveness between Canada's oil-sands crude and other heavy crudes.
Oil-Sands Pipeline Fuels Concern Edward Welsch 2011
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But nothing can disguise the fact this is a flawed piece, in which Hellman can't decide whether she is writing about the corrosiveness of false accusation or the power of buried sexual passion.
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When the couple sees actual data about their arguments, they sometimes can let go of some thought patterns and bickering that are causing corrosiveness in the marriage.
Laurie Israel: "Divorce Tourism" - American Style Laurie Israel 2011
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If there are children, the corrosiveness caused by fighting over money will spill over into the children's emotional well-being for their entire lives.
Laurie Israel: Don't Let Your Attorney Hijack Your Divorce Laurie Israel 2010
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If there are children, the corrosiveness caused by fighting over money will spill over into the children's emotional well-being for their entire lives.
Laurie Israel: Don't Let Your Attorney Hijack Your Divorce Laurie Israel 2010
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If there are children, the corrosiveness caused by fighting over money will spill over into the children's emotional well-being for their entire lives.
Laurie Israel: Don't Let Your Attorney Hijack Your Divorce Laurie Israel 2010
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There's also a strong element in there about the corrosiveness of revenge.
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