English-French translations for corrosive

• corrosif
  En outre, des produits radioactifs, corrosifs ou explosifs sont sans cesse transportés illégalement. La vie des secouristes est ainsi mise en péril lorsque des accidents se produisent. In addition, time and again, radioactive, corrosive or explosive freight is transported illegally, putting the emergency services in mortal danger when accidents occur.
  Cela a un effet corrosif sur la confiance dans les systèmes fiscaux, sur la capacité et la justesse des départements du Trésor et sur le bien-être des citoyens. It has a corrosive effect on confidence in tax systems, on the capability and fairness of treasury departments and on the wellbeing of citizens.
  Au début du travail de la commission, certains ont craint que le règlement GHS n'impose une classification identique comme "corrosifs" d'un grand nombre de détergents. When the work of the Committee began, people were worried that the GHS Regulation would mean that a large number of detergents, for example, would have to be classified as corrosive in the same way.

Definition of corrosive

• 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
• destroying or undermining something gradually
• That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually

Related words

• anticorrosive
• noncorrosive
• corrosive sublimate