Both Uses of
corrosive
in
Atlas Shrugged
- If you consider that for thirteen years this Institute has had a department of metallurgical research, which has cost over twenty million dollars and has produced nothing but a new silver polish and a new anti-corrosive preparation, which, I believe, is not so good as the old ones-you can imagine what the public reaction will be if some private individual comes out with a product that revolutionizes the entire science of metallurgy and proves to be sensationally successful!†
Chpt 1.7
- That great admirer of yours, Miss Dagny Taggart, was furious at me for the mere hint of a suggestion that her hero wasn't as pure as his stainless, non-corrosive rail.†
Chpt 2.3 *
Definition:
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(corrosive) damaging or harmful -- such as when describing a strong acid or bad behavior
or (more rarely):
something causing damage or harm -- such as a strong acid