Usually means: Make brittle, less flexible, fragile.
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  1. embrittle: Collins English Dictionary
  2. embrittle: Vocabulary.com
  3. embrittle: Wordnik
  4. embrittle: Wiktionary
  5. embrittle: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. embrittle: Dictionary.com
  7. embrittle: FreeDictionary.org
  8. embrittle: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. embrittle: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. embrittle: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  11. embrittle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  12. embrittle: Merriam-Webster
  13. embrittle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

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  1. embrittle: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (embrittle)

▸ verb:  (intransitive) To become brittle.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To make (something) brittle.

Similar:
brittle, fragilize, devitrify, fragilise, break, fracture, crumple, crumble, crisp, shard, more...

Opposite:
strengthen, toughen, fortify

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Similar:
brittle, fragilize, devitrify, fragilise, break, fracture, crumple, crumble, crisp, shard, more...

Opposite:
strengthen, toughen, fortify



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