: of, relating to, or containing sulfur especially with a higher valence than sulfurous compounds
sulfuric esters
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Until now, wastewaters were neutralized with sulfuric or hydrochloric acid before discharge.—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2026 It's fed by natural springs, leaving my skin feeling silky with minerals, but not without a sulfuric aroma.—Npr Staff, NPR, 18 Dec. 2025 Interestingly, the researchers discovered a partial sulfur cycle, too — but the hot springs had very few sulfuric compounds to support such activity.—Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 29 Sep. 2025 Scrambling from one fireworks complaint to another to stamp out the festivities, only to arrive and find the perpetrators have vanished in a sulfuric firecracker haze.—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for sulfuric