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Corrosive

/kəˈroʊsɪv/
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(adj) Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.

The cheapest of nepenthes are often the most corrosive.
Stark inequality is also corrosive to our democratic ideal.
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The cheapest of nepenthes are often the most ____.

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