embrittle

embrittle
verb (-brittled; embrittling) Date: 1902 transitive verb to make brittle intransitive verb to become brittle • embrittlement noun

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • embrittle — v. make brittle; become brittle …   English contemporary dictionary

  • embrittle — verb make or become brittle. Derivatives embrittlement noun …   English new terms dictionary

  • embrittle — em·brittle …   English syllables

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  • embrittle — v.tr. make brittle. Derivatives: embrittlement n …   Useful english dictionary

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