causticity , also: causticness

The action of the fire, combined with the causticity of the ash, ensured that the stove would eventually disintegrate or crack over time.

"The Royal Family," which starts out with a brilliant sort of causticity, demonstrates Mr. Vollmann's verbal power and inventiveness.

The chemical composition and properties of the white liquor are calculated as total alkali, active alkali, effective alkali, sulfidity, causticity and reduction.

Hardly a thoroughgoing study of the movie's plot and characters; nonetheless, its causticity smarts all the more for seeping through the familiar silken comforts of the source material.

In an 1884 epigram, he reacted against Alecsandri's Fântâna Blanduziei, but, in Vianu's definition, "his regular causticity seems to be restrained."

Her attempts to mix with local society, according to Marie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, were handicapped by "[h]er exaggerated self-esteem and innate causticity", which alienated the men and women in her circle.