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Six example sentences with corrosive, each labelled with its topic.
Battery acid leaked onto the board and its corrosive residue ate through two traces before anyone opened the case.
Technology
Runoff from the abandoned mine is corrosive enough to strip paint from the culverts it passes through each spring.
Environment
Salt air proved so corrosive that the fleet's iron fittings had to be replaced twice in a single decade.
History
Tomato sauce is mildly corrosive to bare aluminum, which is why the old pan turned gray and the sauce tasted of metal.
Cooking
Road salt is corrosive to the steel inside the bridge deck, so the engineers specified a sealed concrete overlay.
Architecture
The conservator refused the corrosive cleaner, since it would strip the bronze's patina along with the grime.
Art
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