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corrosive

adjective as in consuming, wearing; bitter

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“But when universities do the same thing by trying to weasel out of their contracts, it’s equally corrosive.”

But prosecutors accuse the company of being a corrosive influence -- running elaborate online networks that target people with romance or business cons and launder the proceeds through cryptocurrency.

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"London's housing crisis has deepened into something more corrosive: an affordability breakdown that is reshaping how a generation lives, works and plans for the future."

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Money can have a corrosive effect on relationships — romantic, platonic and familial — and upsets the balance of power in a relationship.

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It is deeply corrosive of personal mores and social trust.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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