corrosive in the PONS Dictionary

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The chemical resistance of glass can allow it to remain in a corrosive environment for many thousands and even millions of years.
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It has the appearance of a corrosive red liquid.
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He removes evidence of their presence as he goes by using a corrosive blue liquid.
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Chemical scarification uses corrosive chemicals to remove skin and induce scarring.
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In a corrosive atmosphere, the grain interfaces of these sensitized alloys become very reactive and intergranular corrosion results.
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In medieval times, realgar was used as a rodent poison, as a corrosive, and as a red paint pigment.
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Desperate to elude its own corrosive dread, it keeps moving, asking, looking, and making the promise that hope isn't just another spiritual cul-de-sac.
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It was counter-productive and self-defeating, therefore, to expose first-time offenders to the corrosive and brutalising effect of prison for trifling offences.
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We witness the ship moving towards destruction, this time by a corrosive microbe eating away at the vessel.
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The pollution from corrosive agents in the air has also attributed to this deterioration.
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