English

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Etymology

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From fragile +‎ -ization.

Noun

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fragilization (usually uncountable, plural fragilizations)

  1. The act or process of making fragile.
    • 2010, Michael S. Hogue, The Promise of Religious Naturalism, page 15:
      Taylor locates religious metaphorphosis[sic] in the nova effect, triggered, somewhat paradoxically, by the secular and naturalistic fragilizations of religion.
    • 2010, Dan Gabriel Cacuci, Handbook of Nuclear Engineering: Volume 2, page 1609:
      Brittle radial hydrides that are perpendicular to the main (hoop) stress contribute to cladding fragilization, although clad rupture caused by radial hydrides during the quenching phase of a RIA has never been reported.