crushable

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Recent Examples of crushable 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
Adjective
  • Texture comes into play here, as well, with wispy nests of friable katayifi topping each scallop.
    Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • But there is more: a little way back from the water, knuckle-like boulders of sandstone or some other friable rock sharpen the ambience of a consecrated space.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Depending on your budget, this may mean only hiring movers to take care of a small portion of your more breakable, bulky or precious items, while teaming up with friends or family to take care of the rest.
    Talia Wexler, CNBC, 4 July 2025
  • Accidents in which planes hit breakable structures at the end of runways have tended not to be deadly: In October 2022, a Korean Air plane skidded off a runway in the Philippines amid heavy rain and collided with a metal structure.
    Grace Moon, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Adjective
  • Deficiency symptoms may include thinning hair, skin rashes, or brittle nails.
    Julie Scott, Verywell Health, 2 Sep. 2025
  • That leaves it friendless, brittle, and uncreative—and, paradoxically, that leaves it vulnerable when fighting, too.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The giant ginkgo doesn’t change much, but everything around it does, and Enyedi seems determined to show us how fragile, and culturally contingent our idea of reality, really is.
    Leila Latif, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Underwater drones could one day use similar appendages to squeeze into tight spaces, explore fragile ecosystems without damage, or carry out repairs in difficult-to-reach areas.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Japanese officials confirmed that localizer structures near runways were sufficiently frangible.
    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
Adjective
  • The automaker is the latest British company to be hit by a cybersecurity incident in recent months amid a surge in cyber and ransomware attacks globally, as increasingly sophisticated threat actors disrupt operations and compromise sensitive data.
    Pushkala Aripaka, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Stress has been building at the long-end of the yield curve, where investors are most sensitive to fiscal credibility.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Crushable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crushable. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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