verb
- makes or becomes brittle and likely to break
Usage: third person singular present tense of ’embrittle’
Examples
- Cold weather embrittles the plastic pipes.
- Age embrittles the old rubber gaskets.
- The chemical treatment embrittles the metal over time.
- Exposure to sunlight embrittles many materials.
- The freezing process embrittles the glass.
- Heat cycling embrittles the wire connections.