How to use caustic in a sentence

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• Caustic curves and surfaces are called catacaustic when formed by reflection, and diacaustic when formed by refraction.From the entry caustic curve
• Like his son, he was flushed and sweating and clouded round with caustic steam.2012, Jessica Stirling, Shadows On The Shore, →ISBN. From the entry panhouse
• To my surprise he took our caustic remarks about the climate very calmly, even cheerfully.1952, Ursula Venables, Tempestuous Eden, page 147. From the entry ree
• After all, no sealant or finish is necessary in the encaustic medium, and shellac is stinky, caustic and messy.2019, Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch, Encaustic Workshop, Penguin, →ISBN, page 90. From the entry encaustic
• His “Hitchslap” putdowns of Islam and every other religious group or utterance are as caustic as they are uncompromising.2018, Iain Ellis, Humorists vs. Religion, page 11. From the entry Hitchslap
• Magnesium hydroxide slurry is gaining in popularity as a replacement for caustic soda and lime in waste-water treatment applications.2006, Mark A. Shand, The Chemistry and Technology of Magnesia, page 146. From the entry slurry
• We have observed the ancients’ misapplication and abuse of a panoply of caustic and corrosive materials turned toothward.1998, The excruciating history of dentistry / toothsome tales & oral oddities from Babylon to braces, page 173. From the entry toothward
• "He sponges on everyone but himself," was Oscar's caustic summary.a. 1901 (date spoken), Hesketh Pearson, quoting Oscar Wilde, “The Family”, in Oscar Wilde: His Life and Wit, New York, N.Y.; London…. From the entry alcoholiday
• Striding across stage in his bright white jacket, his voice soaring and cracking – like Charlie Parker’s – he was nervous but prickly eloquent, caustic yet encouraging.2016 March 3, David Thomson, The Guardian. From the entry prickly
• Perhaps, as Eugene Robinson stated in his column (TNT, 3-15), the Chicago protest may very well be noted as “the dawn of the resistance” to this caustic Trumpology.2016 March 21, Sam Chandler, “We’re complicit if we don’t denounce Trump”, in The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash., page 9A. From the entry Trumpology
• For our problem the breakin gof the caustics removes the bound on the fluctuations in sin χ and allows the classical escape process and Q-spoiling of the WG modes.1996, Richard K. Chang, A. J. Campillo, Optical Processes In Microcavities. From the entry Q-spoiling
• The cloth was singed to remove superfluous fluff by being passed over heated copper plates and then boiled in bleaching keirs with lime or caustic soda.1975, Owen Ashmore, The Industrial Archaeology of Stockport, page 31. From the entry keir
• In a brief two decades, the young British dramatists who railed angrily at the Establishment have been succeeded by caustic young playwrights who acidly mock the welfare state.1974 October 21, “Ballet of Death”, in Time. From the entry acidly

Meaning of caustic

1. adjective Capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue.
2. adjective Sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way.
3. noun Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic.

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How do you use caustic in a sentence?

Caustic is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “Caustic curves and surfaces are called catacaustic when formed by reflection, and diacaustic when formed by refraction.”

What is a short sentence with caustic?

“"He sponges on everyone but himself," was Oscar's caustic summary.”

What does caustic mean?

Caustic means capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue.