corrosive
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Corrosive brasses and heated strings enlivened the Respighi’s first movement, and gray-toned woodwinds, transparent violins, and luxuriant cellos and basses colored the second.
From New York Times • May 5, 2023
Corrosive river water caused lead to leach from the pipes, exposing thousands of children to lead poisoning and leading to an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease.
From Reuters • Jun. 28, 2022
Corrosive influence whose retirement from international football after the World Cup was like a yoke cut from a team that should be doing much better?
From The Guardian • Oct. 9, 2014
Corrosive salt water has been replaced with fresh water that is passed through a filtration system to remove radioactive caesium before being recycled back into the cores.
From Nature • Mar. 7, 2012
Corrosive sublimate, a poisonous substance, composed of chlorine and quicksilver.
From A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School by Beecher, Catharine Esther
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