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embrittle

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em⋅brit⋅tle

  [em-brit-l]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -tled, -tling.
to make or become brittle.
Origin:
1900–05; em- 1 + brittle
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em·brit·tle   (ěm-brĭt'l)   
tr. & intr.v.   em·brit·tled, em·brit·tling, em·brit·tles
To make or become brittle.
em·brit'tle·ment n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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