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breakable

British  
/ ˈbreɪkəbəl /

adjective

  1. capable of being broken

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. (usually plural) a fragile easily broken article

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

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Five of them have had their localisers retrofitted with breakable material, while another will be retrofitted next year, Seoul's transport ministry told AFP.

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

But just remember to keep anything breakable out of arm and leg reach.

From BBC • Jul. 26, 2025

“There were toddler birthday parties downstairs with all the breakable pre-Colombian art,” April Dammann remembered.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 29, 2024

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

The toe was not broken because it was not breakable.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

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