crushable

adjective

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as in friable

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Recent Examples of crushable Their tropical cocktails and frozen delights are easily crushable, primarily made with vodka, mezcal, rum and tequila. — Blair Crosby, AJC.com, 5 July 2026 Will Irene make out with Phil and crush June’s easily crushable heart? — Alice Burton, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026 And the Spanish gin and tonic, an easily crushable, clean and bright cocktail, is art in a glass, served with lemon, peppercorns and a veritable garden of fresh herbs floating within. — Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crushable
  1. friable
  2. breakable
  3. brittle
  4. fragile
  5. frangible
  6. sensitive
Adjective
  • The soil is peat dark, friable, and gravid with potatoes, onions, sugar beet, lettuce, maize, and wheat that moves in dry, whispering sheets.
    — Rob Crossan, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 July 2026
  • The second bottle, with confetti-ish contents, was equally useless—whatever had been inside had broken down into a friable mess.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2026
Definition of friable
Adjective
  • Sets with unbreakable backboards and breakaway rims are the best type for children because breakable boards and rigid rims can lead to the little ones hurting their fingers.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Water in hot springs can cause severe or fatal burns, and scalding water underlies most of the thin, breakable crust around hot springs.
    — Eve Chen, USA Today, 21 July 2026
Definition of breakable
Adjective
  • That converts execution from brittle screen-scraping into a clean engineering problem.
    — Oleg Nesterov, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Ever Pure Thickening Sulfate-Free Shampoo is for everyone, but especially for those who would describe their hair as thin, brittle, weak, prone to breakage, and slow to grow.
    — Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of brittle
Adjective
  • Indonesia’s blackouts in mid-2026, in part triggered by the events in the Middle East, demonstrated how fragile the region’s energy security is.
    — Brian Wong, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026
  • And ultimately, asked to prove themselves all over again to keep their often-fragile NFL dreams alive.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of fragile
Adjective
  • But in the vast majority of cases, the planes come safely to a stop, saved in part by zones around runways that are supposed to contain only structures that are frangible, meaning designed to break easily upon impact.
    — Grace Moon, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • The barrier at the edge of the runway at Muan International Airport did not appear to be frangible, or have the ability to break apart, according to video footage and expert analysis, something investigators are likely to focus on.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of frangible
Adjective
  • Tehran has no intention of backing down in the face of an American naval blockade and attacks on its oil tankers, said the official, who asked not to be identified discussing sensitive matters.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Meanwhile, the timing of the September meeting is politically sensitive, arriving just ahead of the US midterms.
    — , CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of sensitive

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