as in fragile
easily broken
elderly people's bones can be highly breakable if they suffer from osteoporosis
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Spoonful of Comfort Hanukkah Soup Package ($120) includes two quarts of soup or mac n’ cheese, along with dinner rolls cookies, a breakable chocolate dreidel with chocolate coins, and more.
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Aly Walansky, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
With gifts that are very breakable, make sure they’re padded and packaged correctly.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
Sin City’s death-dealing future In Clark County, there’s been a concerted effort to better address heat risk as records become more easily breakable.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2024
And yes, obviously, kids shouldn’t be running around while servers are trying to navigate a space with breakable glasses in their hands.
—Zara Hanawalt, Parents, 17 Sep. 2024
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Aly Walansky, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
With gifts that are very breakable, make sure they’re padded and packaged correctly.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
Sin City’s death-dealing future In Clark County, there’s been a concerted effort to better address heat risk as records become more easily breakable.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2024
And yes, obviously, kids shouldn’t be running around while servers are trying to navigate a space with breakable glasses in their hands.
—Zara Hanawalt, Parents, 17 Sep. 2024
See All Example Sentences for breakable
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“Breakable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breakable. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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