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Determiner
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A larger amount.
He does more work than I do.
A lot more than twenty people came to the meeting.
You can have a little more money.
More than one glass was broken.
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I want more soup.
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Adverb
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Having a larger amount of a characteristic in a group.
Pat is more intelligent than Terry.
caustic
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noun
any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue
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adjective
of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
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adjective
(= acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, sulfurous, vitriolic)
harsh or corrosive in tone
an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose
a barrage of acid comments
her acrid remarks make her many enemies
bitter words
blistering criticism
caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics
a sulfurous denunciation
a vitriolic critique