corrosive
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“Soon everyone will know H2SO4,” he added—the chemical symbol for the colorless, corrosive liquid.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
But the biggest impact is also the most corrosive.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026
For David Spencer, a former Detective Chief Inspector at the Metropolitan Police, badly parked e-bikes are corrosive to our sense of fairness.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
While German municipalities used to allow citizens to sprinkle salt on frozen walkways, this was banned years ago, in favour of just gravel, as the corrosive salt is known to attack the roots of trees.
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026
The other war, the bloody one of twenty years, did not cause them as much damage as the corrosive war of eternal postponements.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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