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What is the adjective for corrosive?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb corrode which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

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.
  3. destroying or undermining something gradually
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “The corrosive chemicals are irritating to the delicate lining of the gullet.”
      “A publication may be age-restricted if it is likely to be corrosive to the public good.”
      “He takes a certain delight in proclaiming his talent for wackiness, and his corrosive sense of humor.”
corrodable
  1. Liable to corrode or perish.
corroded
  1. Damaged by corrosion.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The corroded car sat abandoned in the junkyard, its once shiny exterior now covered in layers of rust.”
corrodible
  1. Readily corroded
  2. Examples:
    1. “Material scientists have constructed a stent from corrodible iron and tested it out.”
      “Therefore, waste characterization must ensure that the amount of corrodible metals in the waste is above the minimum amount allowed.”
      “However, NOAA Fisheries is conducting research into other specifications or definitions of corrodible hooks.”
corrosible
  1. (rare) corrodible
corrodent
  1. corrosive
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The constant exposure to acid rain had a corrodent effect on the metal fence, causing it to slowly erode over time.”
corrodiating
  1. (obsolete, transitive) corrosive
corroding
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