1. to make or become brittle

Examples

• Age can embrittle bones, making them more prone to fractures.
• The cold weather will embrittle the plastic pipes.
• Years of exposure to sunlight embrittled the rubber seals.
• The metal began to embrittle after repeated heating and cooling cycles.
• Chemical treatments can embrittle certain materials.
• The scientist studied how radiation embrittles steel over time.