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vitriolic

British pronunciation/vˌɪtɹɪˈɒlɪk/
American pronunciation/ˌvɪtɹiˈɑɫɪk/
vitriolic
[ADJECTIVE]
1

(of a substance) highly acidic or corrosive in nature

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2

severely cruel and hurtful criticism or comments

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Examples
1But a judge on the Second Circuit wrote a vitriolic dissent.
2Mid-range on the lancer scale is the vitriolic best friend, the lancer who's the hero's bestie.
3Their perpetrator's social media spewed with vitriolic, Islamophobic, racist hate.
4But by the day before the assassination, Cinna gave a vitriolic speech against Caesar.
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