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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. wearing away by friction;
- Example: "the erosive effects of waves on the shoreline"

2. of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action;
[syn: caustic, corrosive, erosive, vitriolic, mordant]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Erosive \E*ro"sive\, a. That erodes or gradually eats away; tending to erode; corrosive. --Humble. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

erosive adj 1: wearing away by friction; "the erosive effects of waves on the shoreline" 2: of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action [syn: caustic, corrosive, erosive, vitriolic, mordant]