frangibility
Tendency to shatter
Frangibility is the quality of being easily broken or shattered.
The term appears most often in technical contexts—materials science, ballistics, safety glass design—where controlled breakage matters: The frangibility of the bullet prevents overpenetration.
A frangible object breaks cleanly rather than deforming or bouncing.
Fragment violently, suddenly
- splinterThin sharp fragment
- crackNarrow break or attempt
- snapSudden sharp sound
- ruptureViolent tearing apart
crumble · disintegrate · smash · chip · cleave · burst · crushable · destructible
Easily influenced or harmed
- exposedOut in open
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- sensitiveEasily affected emotionally
- precariousDangerously insecure
weakness · fragility · unprotected · at risk · perishable · defenseless · tender
Lasting very briefly
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- impermanenceQuality of not lasting
- evanescentTending to vanish quickly
- transitoryBrief in duration
perishable · temporary · short-lived · mortality · decay · deterioration · entropy · dissolution
shatter
Fragment violently, suddenly
rupture · crumble · disintegrate · smash · chip · cleave · burst · crushable · destructible · shatterable
susceptible
Easily influenced or harmed
precarious · weakness · fragility · unprotected · at risk · perishable · defenseless · tender
ephemeral
Lasting very briefly
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- impermanenceQuality of not lasting
- evanescentTending to vanish quickly
transitory · perishable · temporary · short-lived · mortality · decay · deterioration · entropy · dissolution · disintegration
crisp
Firm and breakable
friable · crumbly · granular · powdery · flaky · crystalline · glassy · ceramic · porcelain · eggshell
frangibilitydurability
Resistance to wear
strength · solidity · firmness · unbreakability · toughness
frangibilityresilience
Capacity to recover quickly
flexibility · malleability · pliability · ductility · elasticity
fragment, fracture, fraction, infraction, refract, diffraction, frangible, infrangible