Causticity - definition, transcription

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Amer.  |kɔːˈstɪsɪtiː|
Brit.  |kɔːsˈtɪsɪtɪ|

noun

- The quality of being physically caustic; burning, corrosive.
- (figuratively) Being caustic in speech, humour etc.

Extra examples

The chemical was so caustic that it ate through the pipes.

She wrote a caustic report about the decisions that led to the crisis.

His [Roosevelt's] caustic cousin, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, called him a sissy and a mama's boy.

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