how to pronounce corrosive

/kɚˈoʊsɪv/

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corrosive is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of corrosive in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… right and then the corrosive effect of …”

meanings of corrosive

adjective:

Destroying or undermining something gradually.
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.
Having the quality of fretting or vexing.

noun:

That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
Any solid, liquid or gas capable of irreparably harming living tissues or damaging material on contact.

corrosive frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word corrosive occurs in english on average 0.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics corrosive can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that corrosive can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;