All 5 Uses of
caustic
in
Fathers and Sons
- Three days later Bazarov came into his father's room and asked him if he had any caustic.
Chpt 27 *caustic = antiseptic (a harsh sterilizing liquid)
- Vassily Ivanovitch all at once turned quite white, and, without uttering a word, rushed to his study, from which he returned at once with a bit of caustic in his hand.
Chpt 27
- That ought to have been done sooner; the caustic even is useless, really, now.
Chpt 27
- But had the district doctor no caustic?
Chpt 27
- The doctor, the same district doctor who had had no caustic, arrived, and after looking at the patient, advised them to persevere with a cooling treatment, and at that point said a few words of the chance of recovery.
Chpt 27
Definition:
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(caustic as in: a caustic chemical) damaging or harsh -- often of a corrosive chemical like a strong acid