How To Use Corrosive In A Sentence

Although Jameson is clear-eyed about the corrosive effects of modernity, his methodology nevertheless seemed to require his allegiance to secularization and to convergence theories of modernization; moreover, the acuity and insight of the readings produced by this methodology served to justify that faith a posteriori. Introduction
The scientific revolution also had its corrosive impact on a literal interpretation of the Bible. Times, Sunday Times
High-speed impellers for pumping corrosive gases in certain industrial processes are aluminum weldments.
Stronger cleaners such as oven or drain cleaners also contain corrosive substances, which will kill and remove tissue cells.
There is a further corrosive effect of this mania for judging people on what they are, not what they do. Times, Sunday Times

That is an enormous range of substances and, as has already been pointed out, it includes explosives, corrosives, oxidising agents, reducing agents, caustic agents, and acidic agents - the works.
And I believe that when corrosive sublimate is slow in taking hold, alternate dressings of peroxide of hydrogen are just the thing. Chapter 15
The spider manages to make its fiber at body temperature, without high pressures, heat, or corrosive acids.
The subchloride of mercury, calomel, is the great British specific; the protochloride of mercury, corrosive sublimate, kills like arsenic, but no chemist could have told us it would be so. Medical Essays, 1842-1882
Its corrosive impact is particularly striking in the health sector. Times, Sunday Times
Skin corrosiveness testing is conducted to ensure that chemicals and products are properly labeled to alert consumers and workers to take precautions to prevent chemical burns to the skin.
Has, the bearing pressure to be strong anti-corrosive, merits and so on knocked-down and assemble convenience.
Hydrogen bromide is a colorless, corrosive, nonflammable gas with a sharp, unpleasant, pungent odor. Those computer models…
Celebrity is very corrosive of beatitude, so are benzedrine and heroin.
I think it's brought the world a lot closer together, and will continue to do that. There are downsides to everything; there are unintended consequences to everything. The most corrosive piece of technology that I've ever seen is called television - but then, again, television, at its best, is magnificent. Steve Jobs
The corrosiveness of commodity fetishism, the breakout of collective life, and the loss of the cultural critic and spiritual precursor, all of these become new crisis of postmodernism.
He was last week found guilty at Ipswich crown court of false imprisonment, conspiracy to apply a corrosive liquid and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm. The Sun
We have learned that the interface between people and machine (sedentary work) is inherently corrosive, producing cumulative health problems such as eyestrain, fatigue, repetitive stress injuries, chronic low back disorders, constriction of blood flow and breathing, and neck and shoulder strain. PSFK
Ostentation, mediocrity, social conventions, members of the church, doctors, niggards and men of letters, among others, were objects of his strict observation and his corrosive critics.
The artist capitalizes on the corrosive etching process in each successive state until the finished print embodies the scatological essence of its message.
As far as many people are concerned your brand of loony left wing tribal politics is just as corrosive and harmful as the EDL's baboonery. The Guardian World News
Social conservatives are anxious to constrain America's larger liberalism by protecting traditional morality from the corrosive effects of untrammeled personal freedom and the disruptions of a healthy, churning economy.
And money, he thought, was the great corrosive, the great acid that ate away at communities and social relationships.
All our .30 Carbine ammunition of the time had non-corrosive priming.
While the economic and political distortions are deplorable, is pales in importance to another distortion that has a long-term corrosive effect on the very fiber of our economic system. Forbes.com: News
In a flash I knew that if I added malic acid to the mercury -- perchloride of mercury or corrosive sublimate -- I would have calomel or subchloride of mercury, the only thing that would switch the poison out of my system and Mrs. Boncour's. The Poisoned Pen
Aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, ketones, ethers, glycols and higher alcohols are not corrosive to magnesium and its alloys.
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Each plant handles a range of highly explosive, corrosive and toxic raw materials.
The Democrats are still reeling from a spate of retirements, most corrosively Evan Bayh's departure from the Senate, and scandals that have forced the chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, Charlie Rangel, to step aside in addition to Massa. Has Obama Hit Bottom?
Wanless is first to admit he has no quick antidote to the corrosive effect of falling asset values.
Economic hardship and nationalism are corrosive forces. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century
Then they laughed as she screamed in agony from the corrosive chemical burns intended to destroy evidence. The Sun
For these reasons, patients with corrosive strictures often undergo surgery, which carries significant morbidity and mortality.
A witness said the 37-year-old victim was with her partner when she was doused in corrosive liquid. The Sun
No mild saki for them, but square faces illicitly refilled with corrosive fire that flamed through their veins and burst into conflagrations in their heads. Chapter 16
He slouches with disappointment and straightens with hope, matching Terri's corrosiveness with his own brand of compassion and burrowing into the female enclave of Terri's home with both tenderness and tenacity.
H2S is a highly toxic and highly corrosive gases. In recent years H2S has been found in some areas of Liaohe Oilfield, especially in heavy oil thermal recovery block.
There is, in my mind, something uniquely amoral and corrosive about this kind of coldblooded infliction of pain.
A spokesman said: 'The victims have told officers that they were sprayed with a corrosive liquid. Times, Sunday Times
Citric acid is relatively non-toxic and much less corrosive than hydrochloric and sulphamic acids.
Don't jump in just anywhere though: with such corrosively saline water, access to a shower is essential.
A disabled car owner has been left with no transport and a hefty bill after vandals sprayed his car with a corrosive substance.
Meconic acid gives a blood-red colour with perchloride of iron, not discharged by corrosive sublimate or chloride of gold. Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
A spokesman said: 'The victims have told officers that they were sprayed with a corrosive liquid. Times, Sunday Times
That would include corrosives used mainly for metalworking and some agricultural applications and flammables.
Corrosives (mineral acids, alkalis, phenols) are in this category.
Use only non-corrosive nails, bolts and screws to prevent staining.
The liquid was so corrosive that firefighters had to use powerful hoses to wash it away. The Sun
A woman suffered horrific injuries yesterday when a corrosive liquid was thrown in her face at a bus stop. Times, Sunday Times
While the performance of investments is important, high charges can have a slow, corrosive effect on a portfolio over time. Times, Sunday Times
Casein reportedly counters the effect of corrosive plaque acid from sugary foods and puts a protective film on teeth.
In industry, diamond can form a tough, non-corrosive coating for tools.
I read about Sarah Palin and her yahoo-account ... it´s alarming how naive some people are concerning the www ... even more alarming if these people are prominent and should know that information about them spread fast by the media and can cause their degression or at least some kinda scandal. mindcorrosive on September 22, 2008 at 11: 20pm GNUCITIZEN Comments
Yet in a war zone the effect seemed more corrosive. Times, Sunday Times
On the other hand, SO 2 and chlorides have a corrosive action because water-soluble and hygroscopic salts are formed.
The wheels are exposed to a lot of corrosive elements such as the dust, salt, stones, and cinders.
And such conditions, as noted previously, are an ideal medium for the cultivation of skewed or corrosive organizational beliefs.
A witness said the 37-year-old victim was with her partner when she was doused in corrosive liquid. The Sun
They're corrosive chemicals, but if you mix them with liquid and drink them, they will release friendly little oxygen bubbles in your stomach and dilution will counteract the corrosive effect.
These agents reduce oxygen attack on the lubricant base oil to lessen oil thickening and the buildup of corrosive acids.
The fuse may be a simple mechanical striking mechanism, or involve the release of corrosive or volatile chemicals, or use electrical circuitry.
A witness said the 37-year-old victim was with her partner when she was doused in corrosive liquid. The Sun
Tests were carried out on the effects of corrosive chemicals used at home and work on the skin.
If there are children, the corrosiveness caused by fighting over money will spill over into the children's emotional well-being for their entire lives. Laurie Israel: Don't Let Your Attorney Hijack Your Divorce
Place the cranberries in a non-corrosive saucepan with 2 tbsp water. Times, Sunday Times
A witness said the 37-year-old victim was with her partner when she was doused in corrosive liquid. The Sun
This is partly because of the increasing recognition of the undemocratic and corrosive effects of secrecy.
First off you'll need a scalpel, a bottle of iodine, a protein catalyst solution and a non-corrosive oxidising biophage agent, cotton swabs and a lot of patience.
Media outlets are filled with ads, commercial plugs and vapid - or corrosive - content leaving the impression that gifted artists sell out to the almighty dollar sooner or later.
There are also characteristic wastes, which means they are ignitable, corrosive, reactive, or designated as toxic by the Toxic Characteristic Leachate Procedure.
However, the corrosive effect of such exposure to classical culture must not be exaggerated.
_Local Action_, as seen in (a) corrosive poisons; (b) irritant poisons, causing congestion and inflammation of the mucous membranes -- _e. g._, metallic and vegetable irritants; (c) stimulants or sedatives to the nerve endings, as aconite, conium, cocaine. Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
Its corrosive impact is particularly striking in the health sector. Times, Sunday Times
Soft mechanical noises were the only warning as valves opened pressurized tanks of corrosive acid.
The excellent resistance to atmospheric corrosion of aluminized wire resulted in its acceptance for service in coastal and severely corrosive industrial atmospheres.
While the performance of investments is important, high charges can have a slow, corrosive effect on a portfolio over time. Times, Sunday Times
There is a further corrosive effect of this mania for judging people on what they are, not what they do. Times, Sunday Times
Given the corrosive nature of money in politics and how it corrodes our democratic foundation, it is important to limit the flow of the special interest spigot or at least create more opportunities for regular people to compete through public financing. Edward Headington: Pledging Allegiance to Reforming Our System: Vote Yes on Measure H
Characteristic: Blue green monocline crystallization, dissolve it in water, glycerin, does not allow it in the ethanol, There is corrosive, deliquescence in weathered.
If little or no corrosion is found, vehicles will be treated with an anti-corrosive compound. Recall: Honda and Isuzu vehicles—Rear suspension problem
Soft mechanical noises were the only warning as valves opened pressurized tanks of corrosive acid.
The similar colour produced by sulpho-cyanide of potassium and perchloride of iron is discharged by chloride of gold and corrosive sublimate. Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
Money is a balm that eases people's shame, and a corrosive that erodes the bonds of tribalism.
Underground cables become frayed from aging, corrosive chemicals, overload or rats biting them.
Recognizing these great gifts but also his corrosive personality four men and women covenanted to stick by Jerome.
This is an epic story concerning the corrosive effect of wealth and unchecked ambition on the souls of the two men. Times, Sunday Times
Many were not properly cleaned after being fired with corrosive primers, resulting in rough, pitted bores.
He also assesses critically the corrosive ideology of transient troth and individual gratification that has driven a good deal of this contemporary pathos.
The arsenic and corrosive sublimate effloresced from the ties along the Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885
Calomel is often given as a medicine, but not so with corrosive sublimate, which is usually employed in the arts as a poison. Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883
Drinking green tea actually makes tooth enamel tougher and more resistant to corrosive acid foods, and there is evidence that it reduces liver damage.
The corrosive chemicals are irritating to the delicate lining of the gullet.
Signs that QE has become a corrosive influence are ubiquitous. Times, Sunday Times
Sodium cacodylate is corrosive to the skin, eyes, and mucous membranes.
As they point out, ethanol has the nasty problems of being really expensive in terms of how much feedstock is needed to produce it, and of being really corrosive to the pipeline infrastructure we have in place already for gasoline. Your Right Hand Thief
I think the very idea that we should live comfortably is quite corrosive. Times, Sunday Times
It can withstand high temperatures and is resistant to many corrosive substances such as acids and alkalis.
As with all inorganic acids, the dissociation of hydrogen ions causes the initial corrosive burns, which vary in severity depending on the concentration of the specific acid and the duration of contact. Hydrofluoric Acid
Generators may accumulate extra current, causing transformers to burn out, and large currents may build up in power pipelines causing corrosive damage.
Many highly corrosive substances are used in the nuclear industry.
After his unusual demureness in face of the star-making machinery, I'm pleased to see Philip Pullman recovering his characteristic pugnacity to defend his dark materials from the interference of the interfering Faithful: Religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations. Philip Gets His Groove Back
The film looks at the corrosive effects of suspicion. Times, Sunday Times
There is a further corrosive effect of this mania for judging people on what they are, not what they do. Times, Sunday Times
Yet its depiction of the corrosive effect of wrongdoing is also moving. Times, Sunday Times
AN acid attack victim has called for shops to keep records of who buys products containing corrosive liquids. The Sun
This develops a blood-red colour with perchloride of iron, bleached by corrosive sublimate. Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
He was last week found guilty at Ipswich crown court of false imprisonment, conspiracy to apply a corrosive liquid and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm. The Sun
The discharge of hold-washings and other residues by vessels carrying noxious or corrosive goods must be conducted in compliance with the state provisions for vessel sewage discharge and shall be truthfully recorded in the logbook.
Two teenagers were lucky to still have their sight, after they were sprayed in the face with a corrosive acid in an apparently unprovoked attack on Chiswick High Road.
The film looks at the corrosive effects of suspicion. Times, Sunday Times
They seemed to have no intention of stopping either and they were only spurred on when the Shadowman started throwing black spheres of corrosive black energy at her.
It can withstand high temperatures and is resistant to many corrosive substances such as acids and alkalis.
If mercury is found, the contents of the stomach may be dialyzed, the resulting clear fluid concentrated and shaken with ether, which has the power of taking corrosive sublimate up, and thus separating it from arsenic and other metallic poisons. Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
But I * do* see a danger in corrosive criticism of the entire genre from people who really are opinion formers to the wider population. Why Science Fiction Authors Can't Win
A woman suffered horrific injuries yesterday when a corrosive liquid was thrown in her face at a bus stop. Times, Sunday Times
Part investigation into the unsolved murder; part elegy for the lost Bliss and for Skyler's own lost childhood; and part corrosively funny exposé of the pretensions of upper-middle-class American suburbia, this captivating novel explores with unexpected sympathy and subtlety the intimate lives of those who dwell in Tabloid Hell. My Sister, My Love by Joyce Carol Oates: Book summary
The liquid was so corrosive that firefighters had to use powerful hoses to wash it away. The Sun
And far from marking a break with the cosy business-as-usual of French politics, Sarkozy's presidency has been mired in corrosive scandals, not least the long-running Clearstream, Karachigate and Bettencourt affairs, stuffed full of complex allegations of corruption, back-stabbing and wire-tapping. Nicolas Sarkozy: Is France falling in love again? | Peter Beaumont
The scientific revolution also had its corrosive impact on a literal interpretation of the Bible. Times, Sunday Times
The first looks at sustainable development and good governance and notes the corrosive effect of corruption.
Signs that QE has become a corrosive influence are ubiquitous. Times, Sunday Times
Acid rain and rain that mixes with corrosive bird droppings also tend to do more damage.
Signs that QE has become a corrosive influence are ubiquitous. Times, Sunday Times
One picked it up at random to chuckle over its wicked insights, its barbed phrases, and its corrosive view of society in which elements of ridiculousness, cruelty, and barbarousness nestled in close juxtaposition with things taken for granted and worn smooth with custom and careless handling. The Worldly Philosophers
Inevitable disappointments, large or small, become unbearable under such circumstances, corrosively souring even the joys of the 'good life'. Michael Henry Adams: Thomas Hoving, Wendy Burden and the End of Elite Privelige?
Ted Hughes's reply, which opens by describing our dispute as a ‘corrosive misunderstanding’, is worth extensive quotation.
A witness said the 37-year-old victim was with her partner when she was doused in corrosive liquid. The Sun
I am beginning to wonder if any politician appreciates quite how much Labour's laws and its corrosively pessimistic view of society have permeated national life or, for that matter, the way that a culture of fear, encouraged by government and the popular press, leads to ludicrous overreaction on the ground. So, how do the parties match up on protecting our freedom?
Carbolized, borated, and corrosive-sublimate gauze have little special value. The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI)
Zinc metal used in the galvanizing process provides an impervious barrier between the steel substrate and corrosive elements in the atmosphere.
Then they laughed as she screamed in agony from the corrosive chemical burns intended to destroy evidence. The Sun
If you were to choose a route through which to move toxic, highly corrosive, sludgy crude oil, would you place it on the same narrow corridor used by one of the world's most endangered birds? Leda Huta: Keystone Pipeline Could Push Endangered Whooping Crane Into Extinction
Bombs, missiles, shells and bullets flood the environment with lead, nitrates, nitrites, hydrocarbons, phosphorous, radioactive debris, corrosive and toxic heavy metals.
But nothing can disguise the fact this is a flawed piece, in which Hellman can't decide whether she is writing about the corrosiveness of false accusation or the power of buried sexual passion. The Children's Hour - review
The long-run effect, however, is even more deleterious and corrosive—the "hurdle" rate for investments also sags in direct relation with lower interest rates. Low Rates Encourage Dumber Investments
The sludge is so corrosive that it has burned people as it seeped through their clothing. EU: Hungarian Toxic Flood Threatens Danube River
It was first used in the gaskets and valves needed to concentrate Uranium 235 and resist the highly corrosive uranium hexaflouride gas.
The first business of this part of the tongue is, therefore, to warn us emphatically against caustic substances and corrosive acids, against vitriol and kerosene, spirits of wine and ether, capsicums and burning leaves or roots, such as those of the common English lords-and-ladies. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science
A director famed for creating self-consciously radical, wildly unconventional, corrosively satirical, and savagely violent works could do worse then take on board an actor who personifies those traits in his everyday life.
Bichloride of mercury (corrosive sublimate) is the material employed in the kyanization of timber, the probable mode of action being its combination with the albumen of the wood, to form an insoluble compound not susceptible of spontaneous decomposition, and therefore incapable of exciting fermentation. Forty Centuries of Ink
Bill Hicks is a name that should also be included in that list: a comic who never reached a mass audience in the U.S. but whose corrosively funny take on the politics of me-first and the dumbing-down of consumer culture places him squarely in the Bruce school of truth-tellers. Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: American: The Bill Hicks Story
She said there is virtually no difference in corrosiveness between Canada's oil-sands crude and other heavy crudes. Oil-Sands Pipeline Fuels Concern
That is the Lena Horne biography that could have — should have — been, if Hollywood and America hadn't suffered from a corrosive racial prejudice.
But sentiment is a bad barrier against the corrosive effects of our culture.
If carbonic dioxide had been a pungent or corrosive gas, coal could not have been used as fuel; for its combustion, like that of sulphur, would soon have rendered the air irrespirable. Religion and Chemistry
Yet its depiction of the corrosive effect of wrongdoing is also moving. Times, Sunday Times
A stream of corrosive acid sprays out from the skippet, catching you in the chest as you leap back in terror.
In addition, the organic components of adjacent threads, particularly wool, can act as a source of corrosive reagents.
Its corrosive effect on the sense of self is pernicious. Eating Problems: A Feminist Psychoanalytic Treatment Model
While the performance of investments is important, high charges can have a slow, corrosive effect on a portfolio over time. Times, Sunday Times
Social conservatives are anxious to constrain America's larger liberalism by protecting traditional morality from the corrosive effects of untrammeled personal freedom and the disruptions of a healthy, churning economy.
This uncertainty is having a corrosive effect on confidence in central banks. Times, Sunday Times
A witness said the 37-year-old victim was with her partner when she was doused in corrosive liquid. The Sun
His poetry corrosively and obsessively studied itself and was utterly unconcerned with the specificity of things and with relationships to people. Poetry
It is the long-term corrosive effects of the continuing breakdown in the system and society that ultimately compels an adversary to surrender or to accept terms. Shock and Awe — Achieving Rapid Dominance
Unemployment is having a corrosive effect on our economy.
He was just as interested in its corrosive effect on those who claimed to bring civilization to the unlettered heathen.
His book, Reclaiming Our Democracy: Healing the Break Between People and Government, is a frontal attack on cynicism and the crisis of apathy which is corrosively distorting American government into an agent of and for the powerful few. Jonathan Lewis: New Citizen Center Powers Up
A nuisance associated with hydrogen sulfide includes its corrosiveness to metals such as iron, steel, copper and brass.
This uncertainty is having a corrosive effect on confidence in central banks. Times, Sunday Times
Most corrosively, however, is that the distrust of medical professionals is breeding contempt for all that is associated with medical science.
Another corrosive powder: - Of the most finely-levigated misy, sprinkle upon the moist and gangrenous parts, and a little of the flower of copper, not altogether levigated. On Ulcers
He expects the same in the Gulf because of what he calls a corrosive social cycle. Weathering Emotional Storms Over Gulf Oil Spill
In some places the stone is pocked and scarred by the corrosive effects of black sulphates.
Chicago Reader's Jonathan Rosenbaum gives us his blurb: Suggesting at different moments a backstage musical, a failed love story, a surreal comedy, and even a cartoon fantasy, this beautiful, corrosive, visionary masterpiece by Jia Zhang-ke is a frighteningly persuasive account of the current state of the planet. MILF:04 The World
The liquid was so corrosive that firefighters had to use powerful hoses to wash it away. The Sun
If McKibben highlights pride and avarice, R. R. Reno contends that the most corrosive vice of our age is sloth, spiritual apathy, what the monks called ‘the noonday devil’ of acedia.
The wood chips are placed in the digester and are cooked in a highly corrosive alkaline solution.
Remington's new 887 polymer-encased shotgun also makes a lot of sense in corrosive conditions. What is more rust resistant stainless steel or the newer teflon coatings?
The play is about the corrosive brand of claustrophobia that afflicts country life - particularly as a city-dwelling writer might perceive it - and how an ingrown culture can curdle the soul. McDonagh's 'Cripple of Inishmaan': Fiendishly funny sendup of rural Irish life
I use any of the black powder solvents or Ballistol mixed with a bit of water to do the initial clean-up to remove those corrosive primer salts.
Produced artificially on a scale of 120 million tonnes per year and also produced biologically, urea is noncorrosive, nonexplosive, essentially nontoxic, and almost nonflammable.
The California Highway Patrol indicates that the tanker was carrying a corrosive material known as formic acid. CNN Transcript Jan 27, 2006
Salt is corrosive, so the vehicles are carefully calibrated to ensure that only the amount of salt necessary for the expected road conditions is actually spread by the gritters.
It is something talismanic, totemic, intangible, all-consuming, corrosive, compulsive, elusive, indefinable.
In industry, diamond can form a tough, non-corrosive coating for tools.
The wood chips are placed in the digester and are cooked in a highly corrosive alkaline solution.
Even still, if the snow does melt, there will be corrosive salt caked on the roads to eat away at me wheels.
In practice this has a corrosive effect because the less you cook, the less you are likely to feel able to cook. Bad Food Britain
On one side is the corrosive effect of inflation on savings and investment. The Sun
The remediation guidance could be updated this summer, when investigators receive more data about toxic drywall's long-term corrosiveness, according to Davis, the CPSC spokesperson. ScrippsNews
After completion of laconic epistolary compositions she abandoned the implement of calligraphy in the encaustic pigment, exposed to the corrosive action of copperas, green vitriol and nutgall. Ulysses
‘It had hypergolic fuels aboard, which tend to be kind of corrosive,’ Matney told SPACE.com.
The small unseen, unnoticed fumes from the charging process are increadably corrosive on braided lines. Save money on fishing line
As a general purpose - finishing coat on interior and exterior steel and woodwork in moderately corrosive environment.
Bloom's fame arose from the way he corrosively attacked universities for failing to open students' minds by exposing them to the philosophic quest for understanding that enriches the human spirit.
Unemployment is having a corrosive effect on our economy.
The corrosive mechanism of different medium on silicon carbide materials and the phases constitute of corrosively formed materials were analyzed.
It is a terrible, ghostly image of corrosive stasis. Times, Sunday Times
A spokesman said: 'The victims have told officers that they were sprayed with a corrosive liquid. Times, Sunday Times
Its corrosive effect on the sense of self is pernicious. Eating Problems: A Feminist Psychoanalytic Treatment Model
Increasingly, this tidal wave seems to have had a more subtle and corrosive effect on coverage.
Many highly corrosive substances are used in the nuclear industry.
It is a terrible, ghostly image of corrosive stasis. Times, Sunday Times
In a small bowl, mix together the arrowroot and the kirsch and pour into a noncorrosive saucepan.
Prussia the corrosive influence (_la puissance corrosive_) of the empire. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution
It is also a corrosive agent - unless it is contained in chemically resistant vessels, it will eat away at them, eventually weakening them to the point of failure. Energy Economics and Politics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
AN acid attack victim has called for shops to keep records of who buys products containing corrosive liquids. The Sun
Yet, surprisingly, such corrosive remembrance confers unexpected nobility on his characters; their fixation on the past stands finally revealed not as a pathological symptom but as a rare fidelity to something essential in themselves, to some small but hard-won truth about their obscure lives that even time recovered cannot eradicate. A Hungarian Novelist's Literature of Fidelity

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