syövyttävä — meaning in English

English meaning

• caustic adj Capable of burning or chemically eating away living tissue or other material.
• corrosive adj Capable of gradually destroying material through chemical action.

Senses

syövyttävä is used for these senses in English:

• caustic Capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue.
• corrosive Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.

caustic — full definition

1. adj Capable of burning or chemically eating away living tissue or other material.
2. adj Harshly sarcastic or biting in tone.

corrosive — full definition

1. adj Capable of gradually destroying material through chemical action.
2. adj Gradually damaging or undermining something, often used figuratively.

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