1. causing something to become brittle or fragile
Usage: technical

1. present participle of embritt​le: making or becoming brittle
Usage: technical

Examples

• The cold weather had an embrittling effect on the plastic pipes.
• Years of exposure to salt water were embrittling the metal framework.
• The scientist studied the embrittling process in various materials.
• Hydrogen can have an embrittling influence on steel structures.
• The embrittling agent caused the sample to crack under pressure.
• Temperature changes are embrittling the concrete foundation.