1. made brittle; having become hard and easily broken or shattered
Usage: past participle of 'brittle' used as an adjective; often describes materials or substances that have lost flexibility

Examples

• The brittled leaves crumbled to dust when I touched them.
• Years of exposure to sunlight had brittled the plastic coating.
• The brittled candy shattered into pieces as soon as I bit into it.
• Old rubber becomes brittled and loses its elasticity over time.
• The brittled paint on the old house began to peel away.