fragilization

English

Etymology

From fragile +‎ -ization.

Noun

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.