Brittleness
Nouns
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brittleness etc. adj.
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fragility, friability, frangibility, fissibility
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house of cards, house of glass.
Verbs
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be brittle etc. adj.
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live in a glass house. break, crack, snap, split, shiver, splinter, crumble, break short, burst, fly, give way
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fall to pieces
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crumble to, crumble into dust.
Adjectives
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brittle, brash [U.S.], breakable, weak, frangible, fragile, frail, gimcrack, shivery, fissile
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splitting etc. v.
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lacerable, splintery, crisp, crimp, short, brittle as glass.