fragilize

English

Alternative forms

• fragilise

Etymology

fragile +‎ -ize

Verb

fragilize (third-person singular simple present fragilizes, present participle fragilizing, simple past and past participle fragilized)

1. (transitive) To make fragile.
   • 2009, Charles Taylor, A Secular Age, page 531:

     It is a pluralist world, in which many forms of belief and unbelief jostle, and hence fragilize each other.

   • 2011, Council on Foreign Relations, The New Arab Revolt:

     Republicans have been good at fragilizing large corporations through bailouts, and Democrats have been good at fragilizing the government.

   • 2022, Hans-Christoph Pape, Stephen L. Kates, Christian Hierholzer, Senior Trauma Patients: An Integrated Approach, page 34:

     Osteoporosis is a generalized skeletal disease classified as an osteopenic fragilizing osteopathy that predisposes individuals to a greater risk of fracture.

Related terms

• fragilization