as in fragile
easily broken
elderly people's bones can be highly breakable if they suffer from osteoporosis
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Recent Examples of breakable
The glass used to make Christmas lights is also fragile and breakable, so handle your lights with care and replace the string if even one bulb breaks.
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Kylie Petty, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2025
For example, to manage very high operating temperatures, the Burevestnik missile’s reactor may have a brittle, more breakable ceramic construction.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2025
While the slower speed and emphasis on physics, from the long-distance drop of bullet trajectories to the breakable foundations of structures, are a huge part of Battlefield’s DNA, there’s also just an inherent silliness to some of the tactics that stir joy.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
The walls around the space are paper thin and breakable.
—Kimberley Lovato, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2025
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Kylie Petty, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2025
For example, to manage very high operating temperatures, the Burevestnik missile’s reactor may have a brittle, more breakable ceramic construction.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2025
While the slower speed and emphasis on physics, from the long-distance drop of bullet trajectories to the breakable foundations of structures, are a huge part of Battlefield’s DNA, there’s also just an inherent silliness to some of the tactics that stir joy.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
The walls around the space are paper thin and breakable.
—Kimberley Lovato, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for breakable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for breakable
Adjective
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That requires visibility below the operating system, control that persists through disruption, and recovery mechanisms that do not depend on fragile software layers.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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Over time, autonomy becomes less like a fragile stunt and more like a dependable capability.—
Sanjay Srivastava,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Grafting is a delicate, if not altogether tricky, experimental process.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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Its blend of grapefruit, lemon, and orange packs a zesty punch, while the jasmine base note adds a delicate, soft undertone.—
Alyssa Morin,
InStyle,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Breakable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breakable. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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