Meaning

• 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.

Meaning

• 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.

• Destroying or undermining something gradually.