Corrosiveness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Corrosive \Cor*ro"sive\, n.
     1. That which has the quality of eating or wearing away
        gradually.
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              [Corrosives] act either directly, by chemically


              destroying the part, or indirectly by causing
              inflammation and gangrene.            --Dunglison.
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     2. That which has the power of fretting or irritating.
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              Such speeches . . . are grievous corrosives.
                                                    --Hooker.
        -- {Cor*ro"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Cor*ro"sive*ness}, n.
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