embrittle

verb

Etymology

From em- + brittle.

  1. inherited from *brytel
  2. inherited from britel
  3. prefixed as embrittle — “en + brittle

Definitions

  1. To become brittle.

  2. To make (something) brittle.

    • True, hydrogen has some drawbacks. It’s costly to liquefy or compress for storage. It’s also hard to push through existing gas pipelines because it’s so light that it leaks, and it embrittles the pipes.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for embrittle. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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