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caus•tic



Pronunciation: (kô'stik), [key]
adj.
1. capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.
2. severely critical or sarcastic: a caustic remark.

n.
1. a caustic substance.
2. Optics.
a. See caustic curve.
b. See caustic surface.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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