A corrosive substance, like hydrochloric acid, will eat away most things on which it is spilled. Watch out in chemistry lab: you wouldn't want to destroy your homework, desk, or worse, your own skin by spilling something corrosive on it.
Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, changing, or destroying the texture or substance of a body;
Noun
a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali)
Adjective S.
of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
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.
a.
Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
n.
That which has the quality of eating or wearing away
gradually.
n.
That which has the power of fretting or irritating.
Corrosive
Care is no cure, but corrosive.
Corrosive
[Corrosives] act either directly, by chemically destroying the part, or indirectly by causing inflammation and gangrene.2.
Such speeches . . . are grievous corrosives.--
Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, changing, or destroying the texture or substance of a body;
That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
Usage Examples
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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Other Usage ExamplesA 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.
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.