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frangible
adjective
[ ˈfran(d)ʒɪb(ə)l ]
• able to be broken into fragments; brittle or fragile.
• "the frangible skull of an infant"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, or from medieval Latin frangibilis, from Latin frangere ‘to break’.