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caustic
[ kaw-stik ]
adjective
- capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.
- severely critical or sarcastic:
a caustic remark.
Synonyms: , , , ,
noun
- a caustic substance.
- Optics.
caustic
/ ˈkɔːstɪk; kɔːˈstɪsɪtɪ /
adjective
- capable of burning or corroding by chemical action
caustic soda
- sarcastic; cutting
a caustic reply
- of, relating to, or denoting light that is reflected or refracted by a curved surface
noun
- Also calledcaustic surface a surface that envelops the light rays reflected or refracted by a curved surface
- Also calledcaustic curve a curve formed by the intersection of a caustic surface with a plane
- chem a caustic substance, esp an alkali
Derived Forms
- causticity, noun
- ˈܲپ, adjective
- ˈܲپly, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- ܲt·· ܲt· adverb
- ܲ·پ··ٲ [kaw-, stis, -i-tee], ܲt·Ա noun
- ԴDz·ܲt adjective
- non·ܲt·· adverb
- v·ܲt adjective
- over·ܲt·· adverb
- v·ܲ·پi·ٲ noun
- ܲ·ܲt adjective
- un·ܲt·· adverb
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of caustic1
Example Sentences
In their oral arguments, the attorneys refrained from repeating some caustic language from their written briefs.
"We have the means to limit the spread by... burying them with caustic soda."
Withdrawn and caustic, Janice is a raw lump of unresponsiveness bombarded by those determined to “fix” her.
So with recent lower court decisions and a rebuke by the chief justice of the Supreme Court, it appears that some attempt to cure the country of this caustic virus is underway.
In a caustic post on his Truth Social account, Trump said he would double impending tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminium in response to a planned Canadian surcharge on electricity bound for northern US states.
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