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corrasive

corrasive is the obsolete form of corrosive.

Meaning of corrosive

Adjective

corrosive (comparative more corrosive, superlative most corrosive)

  1. 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.
  2. Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
    • Care is no cure, but corrosive.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  3. Destroying or undermining something gradually.

See all 5 meanings of corrosive

Forms of corrasive

comparativemore corrasive
superlativemost corrasive

Questions about corrasive

What is corrasive the obsolete form of?
Corrasive is the obsolete form of corrosive.

Words near corrasive in the dictionary

  1. Corrans
  2. Corrao
  3. Corraos
  4. corrasion
  5. corrasions
  6. corrasive
  7. Corre
  8. Correa
  9. correal
  10. Correale
  11. Correales

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