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Definition
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
or (more rarely):
something causing damage or harm — such as a strong acid
- Dorothea accused herself of some meanness in this timidity: it was always odious to her to have any small fears or contrivances about her actions, but at this moment she was seeking the highest aid possible that she might not dread the corrosiveness of Celia's pretty carnally minded prose.Book 1 — Miss Brooke (36% in)
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