adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
effect
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Wanless is first to admit he has no quick antidote to the corrosive effect of falling asset values.
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But the electorate showed signs of increasing distress, even cynicism, about the corrosive effect of money in politics.
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The gastric mucosa resists the corrosive effects of peptic hydrochloric acid secretion and noxious extrinsic agents.
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Also, tidal power generators must be designed to withstand severe wave action and the corrosive effects of seawater.
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Although they allow more of Doyle's attention to the corrosive effects of poverty to seep through, they remain essentially optimistic.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Hydrochloric acid is a colorless, corrosive acid.
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We must fight the corrosive effect of discrimination.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Also, tidal power generators must be designed to withstand severe wave action and the corrosive effects of seawater.
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Endoscopic dilatation is safe and effective for short and long term relief of dysphagia in patients with corrosive oesophageal strictures.
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Products which are capable of sterilising are either so noxious or corrosive in the concentration required that they can not be used.
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Rainwater only should be used with steel tanks as bore water is corrosive on account of its iron content.
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The anxiety is corrosive and I spend much time in a tumult of anger and disbelief.
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The nitrous acid produced later in the reaction chain is toxic, corrosive , mutagenic, teratogenic, and carcinogenic.
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The reason: the breath of tourists walking through the passageways creates moisture, which then turns into corrosive salt.
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Venus, however, is afflicted with a lethally hot and corrosive atmosphere.