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
Secure hazards like electrical cords that curious cats and dogs might want to chew, and store fragile, breakable items out of reach where they can’t be knocked over.
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Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2025
As Traders ‘Sell America’ A bicycle suitable for everyday use in Sub-Saharan African or South America must be tough and have as few breakable parts as possible.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Intraplate or deep quakes, like the 2001 Nisqually quake, cause less surface shaking.
Subduction zone quakes are the most powerful.
Get your home earthquake-ready by anchoring heavy furniture, water heaters and appliances and putting breakable things onto lower shelves.
—Christine Clarridge, Axios, 7 Mar. 2025
Critics of safety standards at Son's former company, Korea Airports Corporation, have asked whether the crash would have been less deadly if the antenna array had been built on a more breakable or movable base.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
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Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2025
As Traders ‘Sell America’ A bicycle suitable for everyday use in Sub-Saharan African or South America must be tough and have as few breakable parts as possible.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Intraplate or deep quakes, like the 2001 Nisqually quake, cause less surface shaking.
Subduction zone quakes are the most powerful.
Get your home earthquake-ready by anchoring heavy furniture, water heaters and appliances and putting breakable things onto lower shelves.
—Christine Clarridge, Axios, 7 Mar. 2025
Critics of safety standards at Son's former company, Korea Airports Corporation, have asked whether the crash would have been less deadly if the antenna array had been built on a more breakable or movable base.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breakable
Adjective
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America's emergency-alert system has grown fragile The government relies on public radio and television stations, along with cable, satellite and wireless providers, to distribute emergency information.—
Michael Copley,
NPR,
28 Aug. 2025
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John whistles an old tune, a fragile attempt to break her trance.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
28 Aug. 2025
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Built from a set of notes left on her desk, this posthumous work lends itself particularly well to narrator Julianne Moore’s delicate twang.—
AudioFile Magazine
August 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Aug. 2025
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Conditions must be ideal for these delicate divas to show up in force.—
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Breakable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breakable. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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