Synonyms

breakable

British

/ ˈbreɪkəbəl /

adjective

capable of being broken

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noun

(usually plural) a fragile easily broken article

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Example Sentences

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International aviation safety guidelines state that such navigation structures should be made of frangible, or breakable, material -- a recommendation not followed at the Muan airport.

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

Officials added that Muan International Airport's existing concrete mounds would be removed entirely and the localiser "reinstalled using breakable structures".

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2025

“There were toddler birthday parties downstairs with all the breakable pre-Colombian art,” April Dammann remembered.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 29, 2024

Publishing in Polymer Chemistry, they made a series of polymer gels with breakable bonds incorporated into different parts of the structure, and tested whether the properties changed after the gel was degraded and reformed.

From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2023

Something I didn’t even know was breakable just fell apart inside me.

From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson

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