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corrosive

adjective as in consuming, wearing; bitter

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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.

Findlay was working an investigative journalist for the Sun newspaper when William Burns knocked on his door disguised as a postman and threw corrosive liquid at his face.

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Your current plan adequately covers you for the corrosive effects of inflation, assuming that averages 3% a year.

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Rather remained adamant, even through reputational degradation, that the real threat to journalism wasn’t liberal bias or declining ratings, but the corrosive takeover of the fourth estate by corporate and ideological power.

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