breakable
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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International aviation safety guidelines state that such navigation structures should be made of frangible, or breakable, material -- a recommendation not followed at the Muan airport.
From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025
They were given practical guidance, such as suggesting they move breakable items and knives to safe places.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025
Thermal formations can be very dangerous, with water in hot springs being able to “cause severe or fatal burns” and scalding water underlying “most of the thin, breakable crust around hot springs.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2023
Publishing in Polymer Chemistry, they made a series of polymer gels with breakable bonds incorporated into different parts of the structure, and tested whether the properties changed after the gel was degraded and reformed.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 19, 2023
My parents treated me like a breakable heirloom, afraid to fight or fret in front of me lest I shatter.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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