"The acids can actually destroy the chimney by eating away at it from within."
Over a period of time, these acids destroy tooth enamel, resulting in tooth decay.
The acid would destroy the film, saving the spy from detection in the event of a thorough search by suspicious enemy agents.
The acid of the orange sauce destroys the enjoyment of any great wine.
Age and acid have already destroyed many of these books.
Enzymes are proteins that are inactivated the moment they hit your stomach, where powerful acids destroy them and break them down into amino acids.
If the case was forced the acid would dump and destroy the contents of the case.
The acid had utterly destroyed the body, and even in places eaten into the stone.
"A serpent could have swallowed it, and the digestive acids destroyed the weapon and the serpent."
Tomorrow he would leave his apartment, as though nothing had ever happened, but an hour later gaseous acids would destroy all his traces in his former quarters.