(a.) Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic.
(a.) A caustic curve or caustic surface.
Example Sentences:
(1) According to the report filed by the New York state department of financial services (NYSDFS), when warned by a US colleague about dealings with Iran, a Standard Chartered executive caustically replied: "You f---ing Americans.
(2) He had severe standards and was caustic about people in public life and the way things were run.
(3) Fatale haemoptysis occurred as a result of circumferential caustic erosion to the right intermediate bronchus caused by a tablet of ferrous sulphate which remained in contact for 4 days.
(4) Four cases of combined hypopharyngeal and cervical esophageal stricture secondary to caustic ingestion are presented.
(5) Initial endoscopic examination showed moderate caustic esophagitis in all patients, and esophageal atony and poor distension were early roentgenographic observations.
(6) The stigma of having no brothers or sisters meant that any acting up was immediately dismissed with a caustic, “Well, he is an only child.” The subtext was that my parents had doted on me excessively, inflating my sense of importance.
(7) The caustic property of silver nitrate prompted a double-blind, controlled study of a possible causal relationship between use of the agent for prophylaxis against ophthalmic infection in the newborn and the subsequent development of nasolacrimal duct obstruction.
(8) The effects of accidental ingestion of a caustic detergent are studied in the report of 14 patients seen in the Hennepin County Medical Center.
(9) The success of conservative treatment has been higher in patients younger than 8 years of age, and in strictures due to caustics other than lye involving upper third portion and less than five cm of an esophageal segment.
(10) Despite the sometimes self-deprecating shtick – in sharp contrast to Putin's self-mythologising antics – there remains disquiet about what Navalny really represents, behind the caustic put-downs and cool persona.
(11) Caustic ingestion in adults must be viewed as a problem different from that of accidental ingestion in children.
(12) Exposure to caustic agents is a common problem, affecting thousands of individuals annually.
(13) This result counters the theory that a caustic response is a prerequisite for successful therapy.
(14) With both kinds of caustic agents the decrease of acid phosphatase activity was more striking than that of the alkaline phosphatase.
(15) Even so, Iain Macleod and Enoch Powell refused invitations to join the new government and Macleod published in the Spectator a caustic account of all the skullduggery.
(16) L'eau de Javel (bleaching agent with sodium hypochloride) was the most frequently encountered caustic substance (89%).
(17) The indication for esophageal replacement was atresia in 92 children and intractable stricture (peptic, caustic, or congenital) in 20.
(18) In order to examine the injuries and functional abnormalities of these sites following caustic ingestion, the records of The Johns Hopkins Swallowing Center were reviewed.
(19) Afterwards, in a sign that she has not yet lost her caustic side, Sobchak wrote in her Tatler column: "Bozhena equally suffers for the fate of her motherland as for the fate of her fur coats."
(20) Roy Keane’s most outspoken attack on Sir Alex Ferguson branched out into caustic criticisms of José Mourinho as he branded the Chelsea’s manager conduct “disgraceful” and explained why he refused to shake his hand towards the end of Aston Villa’s recent match at Stamford Bridge .
Flammable
Definition:
(a.) Inflammable.
Example Sentences:
(1) "Monasteries and convents face greater risks than other buildings in terms of fire safety," the article said, adding that many are built with flammable materials and located far away from professional fire brigades.
(2) The authors consider that this device increases safety during this potentially hazardous procedure by eliminating the flammable polyvinyl chloride endotracheal tube and cottonoid packings most frequently used during this procedure.
(3) It is probable that the single factor most important to the decline, in our experience with these injuries, is lower fabric flammability but, because our data may not be representative, corroboration is needed before one can exclude factors such as altered garment design, fire safety-related practices at home, or changing patterns of hospital referral.
(4) The results of two separate tests and corresponding photographs are presented to verify the flammability.
(5) Products frequently associated with burn injuries included those involved in food preparation and consumption, flammable liquids, and clothing.
(6) The heat of combustion per mole of gas mixture at the lean limit is a reliable thermochemical criterion for the flammability of organic fuels with comparable reactivities.
(7) The O2 index of flammability is the minimum O2 fraction in nitrogen that will support candle-like flame using a standard ignition source.
(8) Modified lightweight passenger breathing apparatus, upgraded flight attendant and aircrew portable breathing apparatus, floor level guidance to exits, less flammable and toxic interior materials, improved passenger evacuation information, tailored airport emergency response procedures, and upgraded toilet smoke detector equipment are examples.
(9) "I see nothing amusing about flammable liquid existing in the court where there are so many people and just one door.
(10) Season two crafted complex characters racked with existential ambivalence – heroines marked for the abyss, fragile, flammable outcasts and desolate prodigies, all of whose private pain was as palpable as the crimson bloodbath head witch Evelyn Poole soaks in.
(11) You can find them at Macy’s in the flammable section.’” There were more digs at Trump to come in Obama’s 2012 and 2015 speeches to the dinner, and continued references to the birther row in 2013 and 2014, but if he does return to the subject this year, it is likely to take a subtler form than what some might view as class-baiting by Myers.
(12) Scald prevention, high-risk environments (home and recreational), high-risk populations (male and natives) and unsafe practices with flammable liquids (petrol in particular) should be emphasized in paediatric burn prevention programmes.
(13) Although dimethyl sulfoxide is not highly flammable, normal safety precautions used with any flammable solvent are the minimal requirements for safe use of this drug.
(14) We conclude that industrial design should include safeguards which isolate workers from flammable materials, including isolation of explosive materials from working areas, alarm systems to detect leakage of flammable agents, protective barriers and shields, and the regulation and institution of flame and flash-resistant clothing.
(15) This procedure has the advantage of not requiring derivitization of non-volatile acids and provides the convenience of a technique which does not require the use of flammable gasses, while allowing the identification of at least 18 different acids from the same chromatographic analysis.
(16) In this form of welding, a mixture of powdered metals, including tungsten carbide and cobalt, is heated by ignition of a flammable gas and propelled from the end of the "gun" at high temperature and velocity to form a welded metal coating.
(17) But last week we saw that our streets too are highly flammable.
(18) Flammability is a valid method of comparing safety of various endotracheal tube materials.
(19) The cost of culture materials was reduced considerably, and no toxic or flammable solvents needed to be used.
(20) The oxidant N2O index of flammability for esophageal stethoscopes is 0.430, for Salem sump nasogastric tubes 0.430, for enteric feeding tubes 0.375, for plastic nasopharyngeal airways 0.415, and for rubber nasopharyngeal airways 0.366.