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Meaning of caustic

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  caustic
      adj 1: harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing
             otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments";
             "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter
             words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about
             political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical
             ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic
             critique" [syn: {acerb}, {acerbic}, {acid}, {acrid},
             {bitter}, {blistering}, {caustic}, {sulfurous},
             {sulphurous}, {virulent}, {vitriolic}]
      2: of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of
         destroying or eating away by chemical action [syn: {caustic},
         {corrosive}, {erosive}, {vitriolic}, {mordant}]
      n 1: any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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