The phrase "acid bath" refers to a situation or process where someone or something is exposed to a strong acid, which can cause damage or destruction. Full definition
The bureau subjected concrete cylinders of varying water - to - cement ratios and cement compositions to a mild acid bath to test when they would fail. (scientificamerican.com)
(A and B) Osteocytes found floating free in acid baths with fillapodia. (journals.plos.org)
His judicial opinions and academic writing, his advocacy of and contributions to law and economics and legal pragmatism, his methodology, the influence of all of these, their consequences and systemic effects: All of these should be evaluated carefully, critically, candidly, and unsparingly, immersed in the same acid bath of which Posner himself is so fond. (prawfsblawg.blogs.com)